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The following landmark court decisions in the United States contains landmark court decisions which changed the interpretation of existing law in the United States. Such a decision may settle the law in more than one way: establishing a significant new legal principle or concept;
"Leading case" is commonly used in the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth jurisdictions instead of "landmark case", as used in the United States. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] In Commonwealth countries, a reported decision is said to be a leading decision when it has come to be generally regarded as settling the law of the question involved.
Court historians and other legal scholars consider each chief justice who presides over the Supreme Court of the United States to be the head of an era of the Court. [1] These lists are sorted chronologically by chief justice and include most major cases decided by the court.
Schenck v. United States: 249 U.S. 47 (1919) freedom of speech, “clear and present danger”, “shouting fire in a crowded theater” Debs v. United States: 249 U.S. 211 (1919) sedition Abrams v. United States: 250 U.S. 616 (1919) validity of criminalizing criticism of the government Silverthorne Lumber Co. v. United States: 251 U.S. 385 (1920)
The Wikipedia List of landmark court decisions in the United States page currently has 461 landmark/pivotal cases (actually 459 since One, Inc. v. Olesen (1958) and Ford v. Wainwright (1986) are listed twice). Of these, 18 are not US Supreme Court decisions. The Wikipedia page includes most of the 913 cases listed on these other sites.
This is a partial chronological list of cases decided by the United States Supreme Court decided during the Chase Court, the tenure of Chief Justice Salmon P. Chase from December 15, 1864 through May 7, 1873.
Schillinger v. United States: 155 U.S. 163 (1894) sovereign immunity forbids suit against the Federal government for patent infringement: United States v. E. C. Knight Co. 156 U.S. 1 (1895) antitrust action; “Sugar Trust Case” Sparf v. United States: 156 U.S. 51 (1895) jury instructions: Coffin v. United States: 156 U.S. 432 (1895) the ...
United States v. Kirby Lumber Co. 284 U.S. 1 (1931) taxation of gain on reduction of debt: Blackmer v. United States: 284 U.S. 421 (1932) International law and 5th Amendment allowed U.S. government to retain jurisdiction over its citizens abroad Blockburger v. United States: 284 U.S. 299 (1932) standard for double jeopardy: Crowell v. Benson ...