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United States v. Lara, 541 U.S. 193 (2004) As an Indian tribe and the United States are separate sovereigns, both the United States and a Native American (Indian) tribe can prosecute an Indian for the same acts that constituted crimes in both jurisdictions without invoking double jeopardy if the actions of the accused violated Federal law ...
Supreme Court cases can also be reliably called "landmarks" when they overturn a prior precedent. Precedent is extraordinarily important in the American court system . Stare decisis —the "doctrine that courts should generally be bound by their prior decisions"—is the bedrock of precedent and shapes our legal system. [ 5 ]
"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.
Early standard for non-obviousness in United States patent law: Strader v. Graham: 51 U.S. 82 (1851) slavery and the application of state laws thereof Cooley v. Board of Wardens: 53 U.S. 299 (1852) pilotage laws under the Commerce Clause: Dred Scott v. Sandford: 60 U.S. 393 (1857) slavery, the definition of citizenship Ableman v. Booth: 62 U.S ...
Marbury v. Madison, 5 U.S. (1 Cranch) 137 (1803), was a landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court that established the principle of judicial review, meaning that American courts have the power to strike down laws and statutes they find to violate the Constitution of the United States.
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 ...
Roe v. Wade, the landmark case that made access to legal abortion a constitutional right in the United States, has been overturned by the Supreme Court, disrupting nearly 50 years of precedent ...
Wirt asked the Supreme Court to void all Georgia laws extended over Cherokee lands on the grounds that they violated the U.S. Constitution, United States–Cherokee treaties, and United States intercourse laws. The Supreme Court, led by Chief Justice John Marshall, agreed to hear the case but declined to rule on the merits of the case.