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The Civil Rights Cases, 109 U.S. 3 (1883), were a group of five landmark cases in which the Supreme Court of the United States held that the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Amendments did not empower Congress to outlaw racial discrimination by private individuals.
Bostock v. Clayton County, 590 U.S. 644 (2020), is a landmark [1] United States Supreme Court civil rights decision in which the Court held that Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 protects employees against discrimination because of sexuality or gender identity.
Federal court enforcement of desegregation Boynton v. Virginia: 1960 364 U.S. 454 Interstate commerce clause prohibits segregation at bus stop restaurant Heart of Atlanta Motel v. United States: 1964 379 U.S. 241 upheld the constitutionality of the Civil Rights Act of 1964: Loving v. Virginia: 1967 388 U.S. 1 banned anti-miscegenation laws ...
Rights of the media and public figures in defamation suits Colorado River Water Conservation District v. United States: 424 U.S. 800 (1976) Abstention doctrine: Dann v. Johnston: 425 U.S. 219 (1976) Early case on the patentability of the business method patent: Hills v. Gautreaux: 425 U.S. 284 (1976) Fifth Amendment and Civil Rights Act of 1964 ...
Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc., 477 U.S. 242 (1986) Set the standard for what parties must establish in evidence to be granted summary judgement in federal civil cases and how courts should evaluate those motions. Since such motions are extremely common, Anderson has become the most-cited Supreme Court case. Daubert v.
United States v. Windsor, 570 U.S. 744 (2013), is a landmark United States Supreme Court civil rights case [40] [41] [42] concerning same-sex marriage. The Court held that Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), which denied federal recognition of same-sex marriages, was a violation of the Due Process Clause of the Fifth Amendment.
All three are awaiting sentencing in the federal civil rights case. Lane also pleaded guilty in state court to aiding and abetting second degree manslaughter, and is due to be sentenced Sept. 21.
Jones v. Alfred H. Mayer Co., 392 U.S. 409 (1968), is a landmark United States Supreme Court case which held that Congress could regulate the sale of private property to prevent racial discrimination: "[42 U.S.C. § 1982] bars all racial discrimination, private as well as public, in the sale or rental of property, and that the statute, thus construed, is a valid exercise of the power of ...