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Landmark Supreme Court cases: Difference between revisions

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** ''West Coast Hotel Co. v. Parrish'', (1937) upheld a minimum wage law, and thus allowed for state restrictions on private contract
** ''West Coast Hotel Co. v. Parrish'', (1937) upheld a minimum wage law, and thus allowed for state restrictions on private contract


=== White (Edward Douglass) ===
=== White, Taft & Hughes & Vinson Courts ===
* Edward Douglass White,
* William Howard Taft
* Charles Evans Hughes
* Vinso


=== Taft (William Howard) ===
=== Warren Court ===
* Chief Justice Earl Warren,


=== Hughes (Charles Evans) ===
=== Burger Court ===


=== Vinson ===
=== Rehnquist Court ===


=== Warren (Earl) ===
=== Roberts Court ===
 
=== Burger ===
 
=== Rehnquist ===
 
=== Roberts ===


== Fourteenth Amendment "Incorporation Cases" ==
== Fourteenth Amendment "Incorporation Cases" ==
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=== equal protection ===
=== equal protection ===
* = the laws shall be applied or enforced upon all people equally
* = the laws shall be applied or enforced upon all people equally
** i.e. without undue burdens (going hard on) or leniencies (going easy on) different classes of people (race, religion, location, etc.)
** i.e. without undue burdens (going hard on) or leniencies (going easy on) different classes of people (race, religion, location, etc.)
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*** Judge Harlan's lone dissent affirmed strict Equal Protection by stating that the Constitution "is color-blind, and neither knows nor tolerates classes among citizens"
*** Judge Harlan's lone dissent affirmed strict Equal Protection by stating that the Constitution "is color-blind, and neither knows nor tolerates classes among citizens"
** Brown v. Board of Education (1954) applied the Equal Protection clause to eliminate racial segregation in public schools
** Brown v. Board of Education (1954) applied the Equal Protection clause to eliminate racial segregation in public schools
* for list of cases decided under the Equal Protection Clause, see [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_14th_amendment_cases List of 14th Amendment cases (wikipedia)]


=== 14th Amendment incorporation cases ===
=== 14th Amendment incorporation cases ===