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These lists are sorted chronologically by chief justice and include most major cases decided by the court. Jay, Rutledge, and Ellsworth Courts (October 19, 1789 – December 15, 1800) Marshall Court (February 4, 1801 – July 6, 1835)
This case featured the first example of judicial review by the Supreme Court. Ware v. Hylton, 3 U.S. 199 (1796) A section of the Treaty of Paris supersedes an otherwise valid Virginia statute under the Supremacy Clause. This case featured the first example of judicial nullification of a state law. Fletcher v.
This was a landmark case, prior to this, private citizens were permitted to litigate public rights. 9–0 Frothingham v. Mellon: 1923: Held that the generalized injury of higher taxation overall was insufficient to give a taxpayer standing to challenge federal spending. Considered the genesis of the doctrine of standing. [2] 9–0 Poe v. Ullman ...
denial of certiorari in a case questioning the legality of the Vietnam War: Haynes v. United States: 390 U.S. 85 (1968) Compulsory firearm registration as self-incrimination Provident Tradesmens Bank & Trust Co. v. Patterson: 390 U.S. 102 (1968) indispensable parties under the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure: Albrecht v. Herald Co. 390 U.S ...
Heydon's Case 76 ER 637 (1584) (Exchequer of Pleas): The first case to use what would come to be called the mischief rule for statutory interpretation. Darcy v Allein [1603] 77 Eng. Rep. 1260 (King's Bench): (most widely known as The Case of Monopolies): establishing that it was improper for any individual to be allowed to have a monopoly over ...
Cases involving the search and seizure of allegedly obscene material Marcus v. Search Warrant, (1961) Quantity of Books v. Kansas (1964) Lee Art Theatre, Inc. v. Virginia (1968) United States v. Thirty-seven Photographs (1971) United States v. 12 200-ft. Reels of Film (1973) Roaden v. Kentucky (1973) Lo-Ji Sales, Inc., v. New York (1979 ...
bad-faith exception to the right to convert Chapter 7 bankruptcy case to a Chapter 13 case Sinochem International Co., Ltd. v. Malaysia International Shipping Corporation: 549 U.S. 422 (2007) District Court may respond immediately to defendant's forum non conveniens motion before resolving jurisdictional or other threshold concerns Massachusetts v.
Every year, each of the thirteen United States courts of appeals decides hundreds of cases. Of those, a few are so important that they later become models for decisions of other circuits, and of the United States Supreme Court, while others are noted for being dramatically rejected by the Supreme Court on appeal.