Landmark Supreme Court cases

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Short list of Landmark Supreme Court cases

  • cases as generally recommended for minimual study of the AP Gov exam


Full list of Landmark Supreme Court cases

Landmark Supreme Court cases: alphabetical

  • Baker v Carr (1962)
  • Bakke v Regents of the University of California (1978)
  • Bob Jones University v US (1983)
  • Boy Scouts of America v Dale (2000)
  • Brown v Board of Education (1954)
  • Buckley v Valeo (1976)
  • Bush v Gore (2000)
  • Charles River Bridge v Warren Bridge (1837)
  • Cherokee Nation v Georgia (1831)
  • Citizens United v Federal Election Commission (2010)
  • Civil Rights Cases of 1883
  • Clinton v City of New York (1998)
  • Clinton v Jones (1997)
  • Commonwealth v Hunt (1842)
  • Dartmouth College v Woodward (1819)
  • District of Columbia v Heller (2008)
  • Dred Scott v Sandford (1857)
  • Engel v Vitale (1962)
  • Escobeda v Illinois (1964)
  • Ex parte Endo (1944)
  • Ex parte Milligan (1866)
  • Fletcher v Peck (1810)
  • Furman v Georgia (1972)
  • Gibbons v Ogden (1824)
  • Gideon v Wainwright (1963)
  • Gitlow v New York (1925)
  • Gratz v Bollinger (2003)
  • Griswald v Connecticut (1965)
  • Grottner v Bollinger (2003)
  • Hamdi v Rumsfield (2004)
  • Hazelwood v Kuhlmeier (1983)
  • Heart of Atlanta v US (1964)
  • Kelo v City of New London (2005)
  • Korematsu v United States (1944)
  • Lau v Nichols (1974)
  • Lawrence v Texas (2003)
  • Lemon v Kurtzman (1971)
  • Lochner v New York (1905)
  • Loving v Virginia (1967)
  • Mapp v Ohio (1961)
  • Marbury v Madison (1803)
  • McCulloch v Maryland (1819)
  • Miller v California (1973)
  • Miranda v Arizona (1966)
  • Muller v Oregon (1908)
  • Munn v Illinois (1876)
  • New Jersey v T.L.O. (1985)
  • New York Times v Sullivan (1964)
  • New York Times v U.S. (1971)
  • Northern Securities Co. v U. S. (1904)
  • Planned Parenthood v Casey (1992)
  • Plessy v Ferguson (1896)
  • Pollock v The Farmers' Loan and Trust Co. (1895)
  • Regents v Bakke (1978)
  • Regents of CA v Bakke (1978)
  • Roe v Wade (1973)
  • Roper v Simmons (2005)
  • Schenck v US (1919)
  • Schechter v U. S. (1936)
  • Scott v Sanford (1857)
  • Shaw v Reno (1993)
  • Shenck v United States (1919) / Clear & Present Danger
  • Texas v Johnson (1989)
  • Tinker v Des Moines (1969)
  • U.S. v American Library Association (2003)
  • U. S. v E. C. Knight Co. (1895)
  • U.S. v Nixon (1974)
  • Van Order v Perry (2005)
  • Wabash, St. Louis, and Pacific Railway Co. v Illinois (1886)

Landmark Supreme Court cases: by date & historical era

  • Marbury v Madison (1803)
  • McCulloch v Maryland (1819)
  • Miranda v Arizona (1966)
  • Muller v Oregon (1908)
  • Scott v Sanford (1857)
  • Munn v Illinois (1876)
  • Pollock v The Farmers' Loan and Trust Co. (1895)
  • U. S. v E. C. Knight Co. (1895)
  • Plessy v Ferguson (1896)
  • Northern Securities Co. v U. S. (1904)
  • Lochner v New York (1905)
  • Schenck v US (1919)
  • Gitlow v New York (1925)
  • Schechter v U. S. (1936)
  • Korematsu v United States (1944)
  • Mapp v Ohio (1961)
  • New York Times v Sullivan (1964)
  • New York Times v U.S. (1971)
  • Roe v Wade (1973)
  • Miller v California (1973)
  • Regents v Bakke (1978)
  • Regents of CA v Bakke (1978)
  • New Jersey v T.L.O. (1985)
  • Planned Parenthood v Casey (1992)
  • Shaw v Reno (1993)
  • Roper v Simmons (2005)
  • Gratz v Bollinger (2003)
  • Griswald v Connecticut (1965)
  • Grottner v Bollinger (2003)
  • Hamdi v Rumsfield (2004)
  • Hazelwood v Kuhlmeier (1983)
  • Heart of Atlanta v US (1964)
  • Kelo v City of New London (2005)
  • Lau v Nichols (1974)
  • Lawrence v Texas (2003)
  • Lemon v Kurtzman (1971)


  • Texas v Johnson (1989)
  • Tinker v Des Moines (1969)
  • U.S. v American Library Association (2003)
  • U.S. v Nixon (1974)
  • Van Order v Perry (2005)
  • Wabash, St. Louis, and Pacific Railway Co. v Illinois (1886)
  • Baker v Carr (1962)
  • Bakke v Regents of the University of California (1978)
  • Bob Jones University v US (1983)
  • Boy Scouts of America v Dale (2000)
  • Brown v Board of Education (1954)
  • Buckley v Valeo (1976)
  • Bush v Gore (2000)
  • Charles River Bridge v Warren Bridge (1837)
  • Cherokee Nation v Georgia (1831)
  • Citizens United v Federal Election Commission (2010)
  • Civil Rights Cases of 1883
  • Clinton v City of New York (1998)
  • Clinton v Jones (1997)
  • Commonwealth v Hunt (1842)
  • Dartmouth College v Woodward (1819)
  • District of Columbia v Heller (2008)
  • Dred Scott v Sandford (1857)
  • Engel v Vitale (1962)
  • Escobeda v Illinois (1964)
  • Ex parte Endo (1944)
  • Ex parte Milligan (1866)
  • Fletcher v Peck (1810)
  • Furman v Georgia (1972)
  • Gibbons v Ogden (1824)
  • Gideon v Wainwright (1963)
  • Loving v Virginia (1967)

McGirt v. Oklahoma (2020)

Landmark Supreme Court cases: by Constitutional issue