Landmark Case
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Fletcher v. Peck
Significant CaseThe first time the Supreme Court declared a state law unconstitutional and a formative decision interpreting the Commerce Clause.
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Brown as the Beginning
Significant CaseThe landmark Supreme Court decision that declared public school segregation unconstitutional and led to wider civil rights victories in the 1960s.
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Browder v. Gayle
Significant CaseThe Supreme Court’s affirmation of a district court decision to outlaw segregated bussing in Montgomery, Alabama that overturned Plessy v. Ferguson.
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Barron v. Baltimore
Significant CaseJohn Marshall’s last opinion which addressed the existing parameters of federalism in relation to the states.
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Baker v. Carr
Significant CaseThe landmark case that declared unequal representation in legislative districts to be unconstitutional and that the courts have jurisdiction over questions of legislative apportionment
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Affirming Judicial Independence
EraThrough a series of landmark decisions, the Justices of the Marshall Court affirmed the judicial independence of the federal courts, the authority of the Supreme Court, and ensured that the Judicial Branch was an equal branch of the federal government.
