Landmark Case
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United States v. Wong Kim Ark
Significant CaseThe landmark Supreme Court decision that affirmed birthright citizenship as a protection under the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution.
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United States v. E.C. Knight Company
Significant CaseThe Supreme Court decision that limited the federal government’s power to break up monopolies.
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The Cherokee Nation Cases
Significant CaseThe lawsuits that forced the examination of the relationship between law and politics, particularly with respect to the Supreme Court’s ability to enforce its judgment during the early years of the Republic.
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Standard Oil Company v. United States
Significant CaseThe Supreme Court decision that established the “rule of reason” in antitrust law and demonstrated the government’s power to regulate monopolies and increase competition.
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Pollock v. Farmers’ Loan and Trust Company
Significant CaseThe Supreme Court decision that declared direct taxes on personal income unconstitutional but was nullified when Congress ratified the Sixteenth Amendment in 1913.
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New York Times Company v. Sullivan
Significant CaseThe Supreme Court decision that arose during the Civil Rights Movement and protected freedom of the press
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Loving v. Virginia
Significant CaseThe Supreme Court decision that upheld equal protection and due process in regard to interracial marriage.
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Linda Brown
Life StoryThe seven-year-old girl who became the face of Brown v. Board of Education, an educator, and a lifelong activist.
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Incorporating Rights
EraDuring the 1950s and 1960s, Supreme Court decisions addressed issues involving individual rights in the civil rights movement, the apportionment of voting, police procedures, and the scope of state power in areas such as birth control and school prayer.
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Hernandez v. Texas
Significant CaseThe Supreme Court case that recognized Mexican Americans as an independent racial group entitled to Fourteenth Amendment protections.
