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| Case | Terms† | Topic‡ |
|---|---|---|
| Abbott Laboratories v. Gardner, 387 U.S. 136 (1967) | ripeness | 2.6 |
| Adamson v. California, 332 U.S. 46 (1947) (Dissent of Black, J.) | incorporation | 6.3.3 |
| Adarand Constructors, Inc. v. Pena, 515 U.S. 200 (1995) | affirmative action | 9.3.5 |
| Agins v. City of Tiburon, 447 U.S. 255 (1980) | property, regulatory taking | 8.4 |
| Allen v. Wright, 468 U.S. 737 (1984) | standing | 2.5 |
| Altria Group, Inc. v. Good, 555 U.S. 07562 (2008) | preemption | 5.2 |
| Bailey v. Drexel Furniture Co., 259 U.S. 20 (1922) | commerce power, X | 3.3.3 |
| Baker v. Carr, 369 U.S. 186 (1962) | political question | 2.8 |
| Barron v. Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, 32 U.S. 243 (1833) | antebellum bill of rights | 6.3.1 |
| Bd. of Trustees of the University of Alabama v. Garrett, 531 U.S. 356 (2001) | XI | 2.10,3.7 |
| Bernal v. Fainter, 467 U.S. 216 (1984) | alienage | 9.5.2,9.5.3 |
| Bibb v. Navajo Freight Lines, Inc., 359 U.S. 520 (1959) | mudflaps, dormant commerce clause | 5.3 |
| Bolling v. Sharpe, 347 U.S. 497 (1954) | V, desegregation | 9.3.4 |
| Boumediene v. Bush, 553 U.S. 061195 (2008) | executive detention | 4.6.4 |
| Bowers v. Hardwick, 478 U.S. 186 (1986) | substantive due process, sexual conduct, sexual orientation | 10.4 |
| Bowsher v. Synar, 478 U.S. 714 (1986) | delegation, removal | 4.2.2 |
| Brown v. Board of Education [ Brown I ], 347 U.S. 483 (1954) | desegregation | 9.3.4 |
| Brown v. Board of Education [ Brown II ], 349 U.S. 294 (1955) | desegregation remedy | 9.3.4 |
| Buck v. Bell, 274 U.S. 200 (1927) | liberty, sterilization | 10.3.1 |
| Burton v. Wilmington Parking Authority, 365 U.S. 715 (1961) | state action | 6.4.3 |
| Bush v. Gore, 531 U.S. 98 (2000) | equal protection, voting | 10.8.4 |
| Bush v. Vera, 517 U.S. 952 (1996) | race, voting districts | 9.3.5.3 |
| C & A Carbone, Inc. v. Town of Clarkstown, 511 U.S. 383 (1993) | dormant commerce clause | 5.3 |
| Carolene Products Co., v. U. S. v., 304 U.S. 144 (1938) | economic regulation, judicial review, 'footnote 4' | 6.5, 8.2.3 |
| Chamber of Commerce of the United States v. Brown, 552 U.S. 06939 (2008) | preemption | 5.2 |
| City of Boerne v. Flores, 521 U.S. 507 (1997) | RFRA, XIV §5 | 3.6 |
| City of Cleburne, Texas v. Cleburne Living Center, 473 U.S. 432 (1985) | equal protection, disability | 9.7.2 |
| Clark v. Jeter, 486 U.S. 456 (1988) | equal protection, 'legitimacy' | 9.6 |
| Cleveland Bd. of Ed. v. Loudermill, 470 U.S. 532 (1985) | due process, property | 7.4.2 |
| Clinton v. Jones, 520 U.S. 681 (1997) | presidential immunity | 4.4 |
| Clinton v. NY, 524 U.S. 417 (1998) | line-item veto, presentment | 3.10 |
| Cohens v. Virginia, 19 U.S. 264 (1821) | judicial review, state courts | 2.2.2 |
| Cooley v. Board of Wardens, 53 U.S. 299 (1851) | dormant commerce clause | 5.3 |
| Cooper v. Aaron, 358 U.S. 1 (1958) | binding effect of federal decisions, desegregation | 2.2, 9.3 |
| Craig v. Boren, 429 U.S. 190 (1976) | equal protection, gender | 9.4 |
| Crawford v. Marion County Election Bd., 553 U.S. 0721 (2008) | voting, ID requirement | 10.8 |
| Cruikshank, U.S. v., 92 U.S. 542 (1875) | XIV, limits on Congress | 3.6 |
| Cruzan v. Director, Missouri Dept. of Health, 497 U.S. 261 (1990) | right to refuse medical care | 10.5 |
| Dept. of Revenue of Kentucky v. Davis, 553 U.S. 06666 (2008) | dormant commerce clause, government function, market participant | 5.3, 5.3.7.2 |
| Dickerson v. U.S., 530 U.S. 428 (2000) | judicial supremacy | 3.6.2 |
| District of Columbia v. Heller, 554 U.S. 07290 (2008) | II, right to keep and bear arms | 1.4 |
| Doe v. Bolton, 410 U.S. 179 (1973) | reproductive autonomy | 10.3 |
| Dred Scott v. Sandford, 60 U.S. 393 (1856) | citizenship, race | 9.3.1 |
| Duncan v. Louisiana, 391 U.S. 145 (1968) | XIV, incorporation doctrine | 6.3.3 |
| Eastern Enterprises v. Apfel, 524 U.S. 498 (1998) | property, regulatory taking | 8.4 |
| Euclid v. Amber Realty, 272 U.S. 365 (1926) | due process, property, zoning | 8.2 |
| Ex Parte Milligan, 71 U.S. 2 (1866) | executive detention, military commission, habeas corpus | 4.6.4 |
| Ex Parte Quirin, 317 U.S. 1 (1942) | executive detention, military commission, habeas corpus | 4.6.4 |
| First English Evangelical Lutheran Church v. County of Los Angeles, 482 U.S. 304 (1987) | property, temporary taking | 8.4 |
| Flast v. Cohen, 392 U.S. 83 (1968) | taxpayer standing | 2.5 |
| Florida Prepaid Postsecondary Educ. Expense Bd. v. College Savings Bank, 527 U.S. 627 (1999) | XI, state immunity, XIV §5, abrogation | 3.7 |
| Fritz, U.S. Railroad Retirement Bd. v., 449 U.S. 166 (1980) | equal protection, rational basis | 9.2 |
| Frontiero v. Richardson, 411 U.S. 677 (1973) | equal protection, gender | 9.4 |
| Garcia v. San Antonio Metropolitan Transit Authority [SAMTA], 469 U.S. 528 (1985) | X, commerce power | 3.9 |
| Geduldig v. Aiello, 417 U.S. 484 (1974) | XIV, equal protection, gender, pregnancy | 9.4.2 |
| Gibbons v. Ogden, 22 U.S. 1 (1824) | commerce clause | 3.3.2 |
| Gomillion v. Lightfoot, 364 U.S. 339 (1960) | XV, districting, race | 9.3, 10.8.5 |
| Gonzales v. Carhart, 550 U.S. 05380 (2007) | substantive due process, abortion | 10.3.3 |
| Gonzales v. Raich, 545 U.S. 1 (2005) | commerce power | 3.3 |
| Granholm v. Heald, 544 U.S. 460 (2005) | dormant commerce clause, XXI | 5.3 |
| Gratz v. Bollinger, 539 U.S. 244 (2003) | XIV, equal protection, race, higher education | 9.3 |
| Griswold v. Connecticut, 381 U.S. 479 (1965) | liberty, privacy, reproductive choice | 10.3.2 |
| Grutter v. Bollinger, 539 U.S. 306 (2003) | XIV, equal protection, race, higher education | 9.3 |
| Guest, U.S. v., 383 U.S. 745 (1966) | XIV §5, private discrimination, state action | 3.6.1, 6.4 |
| Hamdan v. Rumsfeld, 548 U.S. 557 (2006) | executive detention, military commission, habeas corpus | 4.6.4 |
| Hamdi v. Rumsfeld, 542 U.S. 507 (2004) | executive detention, military commission, habeas corpus | 4.6.4 |
| Hammer v. Dagenhart, 247 U.S. 251 (1918) | dormant commerce clause | 3.3 |
| Harper v. Virginia State Bd. of Elections, 383 U.S. 663 (1966) | XIV, equal protection, voting, poll tax | 10.8.2 |
| Haywood v. Drown, 556 U.S. 0710374 (2009) | federalism, supremacy clause, state court jurisdiction, preemption | 5.2 |
| Heart of Atlanta Motel, Inc. v. U.S., 379 U.S. 241 (1964) | civil rights, commerce power | 3.3.4 |
| Hein v. Freedom From Religion Foundation, Inc., 551 U.S. 06157 (2007) | taxpayer standing | 2.5 |
| Humphrey's Executor v. U.S., 295 U.S. 602 (1935) | presidential power, appointment, removal | 4.2 |
| Hunt v. Cromartie, 526 U.S. 541 (1999) | XIV, race, voting rights, congressional districting | 10.8.5 |
| INS v. Chadha, 462 U.S. 919 (1983) | legislative veto | 3.10.2 |
| Jackson v. Metropolitan Edison Co., 419 U.S. 345 (1974) | XIV, state action, due process | 6.4 |
| Johanns v. Livestock Marketing Ass'n., 544 U.S. 550 (2005) | I, government speech | 11.? |
| Johnson v. Eisentrager, 339 U.S. 763 (1950) | habeas corpus, enemy alien | 4.6.4 |
| Jones v. Alfred H. Mayer Co., 392 U.S. 409 (1968) | XIII, private discrimination | 3.6.1 |
| Kassel v. Consolidated Freightways Corp., 450 U.S. 662 (1981) | dormant commerce clause | 5.3 |
| Katzenbach v. McClung, 379 U.S. 294 (1964) | civil rights, commerce power | 3.3.4 |
| Katzenbach v. Morgan, 384 U.S. 641 (1966) | XIV §5, state action, voting rights | 6.4 |
| Kelo v. New London, Connecticut, 545 U.S. 469 (2005) | property, eminent domain, taking, public use | 8.4.4 |
| Keystone Bituminous Coal Assoc'n v. DeBenedictis, 480 U.S. 470 (1987) | property, regulatory taking | 8.4 |
| Kimel v. Florida Bd. of Regents, 528 U.S. 62 (2000) | age discrimination, XIV §5, XI | 3.7 |
| Korematsu v. United States, 323 U.S. 214 (1944) | equal protection, race | 9.3.2 |
| Kramer v. Union Free School District No. 15, 395 U.S. 621 (1969) | equal protection, voting, special districts | 10.8 |
| Labor Cases, McReynolds, J., dissenting, 301 U.S. 58 (1937) | commerce power, X | 3.3.4 |
| Lawrence v. Texas, 539 U.S. 558 (2003) | substantive due process, sexual conduct, sexual orientation | 10.4 |
| Lingle v. Chevron U.S.A., Inc., 544 U.S. 528 (2005) | due process, property | 8.2 |
| Lochner v. New York, 198 U.S. 45 (1905) | economic liberty, judicial review | 8.2.2 |
| Lopez, U.S. v., 514 U.S. 549 (1995) | commerce power | 3.3.5 |
| Loretto v. Teleprompter Manhattan CATV Corp., 458 U.S. 419 (1982) | due process, property, taking, physical occupation | 8.4 |
| Loving v. Virginia, 388 U.S. 1(1) (1967) | fundamental rights, marriage | 10.2.1 |
| Loving v. Virginia, 388 U.S. 1(2) (1967) | equal protection, race | 9.3.3.1 |
| Loving v. Virginia, 388 U.S. 1 (1967) | equal protection, race, fundamental rights, marriage | 9.3.3.1, 10.2.1 |
| Lucas v. South Carolina Coastal Council, 505 U.S. 1003 (1992) | property, taking | 8.4 |
| Lujan v. Defenders of Wildlife, 504 U.S. 555 (1992) | third-party standing | 2.5 |
| M'Culloch v. Maryland, 17 U.S. 316 (1819) | congressional power, 'necessary and proper' clause | 3.2 |
| M.L.B. v. S.L.J., 519 U.S. 102 (1996) | parental rights, access to courts | 10.9 |
| Marbury v. Madison, 5 U.S. 137 (1803) | judicial review | 2.2.1 |
| Martin v. Hunter's Lessee, 14 U.S. 304 (1816) | judicial review, state courts | 2.2.2 |
| Massachusetts Bd. of Retirement v. Murgia, 427 U.S. 307 (1976) | equal protection, age | 9.7.1 |
| Mathews v. Eldridge, 424 U.S. 319 (1976) | procedural due process | 7.4 |
| Medellin v. Texas, 552 U.S. 06984 (2008) | presidential power, treaties, preemption | 4.6.2 |
| Meyer v. Nebraska, 262 U.S. 390 (1923) | liberty, parental rights | 10.2 |
| Michael H. v. Gerald D., 491 U.S. 110 (1989) | parental rights, scope of 'liberty' | 10.2.3 |
| Miller v. Johnson, 515 U.S. 900 (1995) | XIV, equal protection, voting, districting | 10.8, 10.8.5 |
| Mississippi University for Women v. Hogan, 458 U.S. 718 (1982) | equal protection, sex | 9.4 |
| Missouri v. Holland, 252 U.S. 416 (1920) | X, treaty, state sovereignty | 3.9, 4.6 |
| Moore v. City of East Cleveland, 431 U.S. 494 (1977) | zoning, family | 10.2.3 |
| Moose Lodge No. 107 v. Irvis, 407 U.S. 163 (1972) | XIV, state action | 6.4 |
| Moreno, U.S. Dept. of Agriculture v., 413 U.S. 528 (1973) | equal protection, illegitimate government purpose | 9.2 |
| Morrison v. Olson, 487 U.S. 654 (1988) | separation of powers, independent counsel | 4.2 |
| Morrison, U.S. v., 529 U.S. 598(1) (2000) | commerce power | 3.3.5 |
| Morrison, U.S. v., 529 U.S. 598(2) (2000) | XIV §5 | 3.6 |
| Myers v. U.S., 272 U.S. 52 (1926) | presidential power, appointment, removal | 4.2 |
| NLRB v. Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp., 301 U.S. 1 (1937) | commerce power, X | 3.3.4 |
| Nebbia v. New York, 291 U.S. 502 (1934) | economic liberty, judicial review | 8.2.3 |
| Nectow v. City of Cambridge, 277 U.S. 183 (1928) | due process, property, zoning | 8.2 |
| Nevada Dept. of Human Resources v. Hibbs, 538 U.S. 721 (2003) | XI, state immunity, XIV §5, abrogation | 3.7 |
| New York v. U.S., 505 U.S. 144 (1992) | commerce power, X | 3.3.4 |
| Nixon, U.S. v., 418 U.S. 683 (1974) | executive privilege | 4.3 |
| Nollan v. California Coastal Commission, 483 U.S. 825 (1987) | due process, property, exaction | 8.4 |
| Northwest Austin Municipal Util. Dist. No. One v. Holder, 557 U.S. 08322 (2009) | XV, congressional power, voting rights, constitutional avoidance | 3.6 |
| Pacific Gas and Elec. Co. v. State Energy Resources Conservation & Development Comm'n, 461 U.S. 190 (1983) | preemption, ripeness | 5.2 |
| Palazzolo v. Rhode Island, 533 U.S. 606 (2001) | property, regulatory taking | 8.4 |
| Parents Involved in Community Schools v. Seattle School Dist. No. 1, 551 U.S. 05908 (2007) | equal protection, race, school desegregation | 9.3.4 |
| Parham v. J.R. and J.L., 442 U.S. 584 (1979) | due process, liberty, involuntary commitment, parental rights | 7.3, 7.4 |
| Peirce v. Society of Sisters, 268 U.S. 510 (1925) | liberty, parental rights | 10.2.4 |
| Penn Central Trans. Co. v. New York, 438 U.S. 104 (1978) | due process, property, regulatory taking | 8.4 |
| Pennsylvania Coal Co. v. Mahon, 260 U.S. 393 (1922) | due process, property, regulatory taking | 8.4 |
| Philadelphia v. NJ, 437 U.S. 617 (1978) | dormant commerce clause | 5.3 |
| Pike v. Bruce Church, Inc., 397 U.S. 137 (1970) | dormant commerce clause | 5.3 |
| Planned Parenthood v. Casey, 505 U.S. 833 (1992) | substantive due process, reproductive choice | 10.3 |
| Pleasant Grove City v. Summum, 555 U.S. 07665 (2009) | I, speech, public forum, government speech | 11.4.2 |
| Plessy v. Ferguson, 163 U.S. 537 (1896) | equal protection, race, separate but equal | 9.3 |
| Plyler v. Doe, 457 U.S. 202 (1982) | equal protection, alienage, education | 9.5.5 |
| Polar Tankers, Inc. v. City of Valdez, 557 U.S. 08310 (2009) | constitutional limits on states, tonnage clause | 5 |
| Printz v. U.S., 521 U.S. 898 (1997) | federalism, X, federal control of state officers | 3.9 |
| Railway Express Agency v. New York, 336 U.S. 106 (1949) | substantive due process, judicial deference, equal protection, rational basis | 9.2 |
| Reed v. Reed, 404 U.S. 71 (1971) | equal protection, gender, heightened scrutiny | 9.4.1 |
| Reitman v. Mulkey, 387 U.S. 369 (1967) | state action, equal protection | 6.4 |
| Reynolds v. Sims, 377 U.S. 533 (1964) | equal protection, voting rights, apportionment, vote dilution | 10.8, 10.8.3 |
| Ricci v. DeStefano, 557 U.S. 071428 (2009) (Scalia, J., concurring) | XIV §5, equal protection, disparate impact | 3.6.2 |
| Richmond v. J.A. Croson Co., 488 U.S. 469 (1989) | equal protection, race, government contracting, minority set-asides | 9.3, 9.3.5 |
| Roe v. Wade, 410 U.S. 113 (1973) | substantive due process, fundamental right, reproductive choice | 10.3 |
| Romer v. Evans, 517 U.S. 620 (1996) | equal protection, sexual orientation | 9.7.4 |
| Rowe v. New Hampshire Motor Transport Assn., 552 U.S. 06457 (2008) | preemption | 5.2 |
| Saenz v. Roe, 526 U.S. 489 (1999) | privileges, immunities, travel | 10.7 |
| San Antonio Ind. School Dist. v. Rodriguez, 411 U.S. 1 (1973) | equal protection, wealth, fundamental right, education | 9.7.3, 10.10 |
| Seminole Tribe of Florida v. Florida, 517 U.S. 44 (1996) | XI, state immunity, commerce clause, abrogation | 3.7 |
| Shaw v. Reno, 509 U.S. 630 (1993) | equal protection, race, voting rights, districting | 10.8 |
| Shelley v. Kraemer, 334 U.S. 1 (1948) | XIV, state action, private discrimination, judicial enforcement | 6.4 |
| Skinner v. Oklahoma, 316 U.S. 535 (1942) | equal protection, rational basis, fundamental right, procreation, heightened scrutiny | 10.3.1 |
| Slaughter-House Cases, The, 83 U.S. 36 (1872) | privileges or immunities, XIV §1 | 6.3.2 |
| South Carolina v. Katzenbach, 383 U.S. 301 (1966) | XV §2, prophylactic legislation, voting rights | 6.4 |
| South Central Timber v. Wunnicke, 467 U.S. 82 (1984) | dormant commerce clause, market participant, market regulator | 5.3, 5.3.7 |
| South Dakota v. Dole, 483 U.S. 203 (1987) | spending power, XXI | 3.4.3 |
| Stenberg v. Carhart, 530 U.S. 914 (2000) | substantive due process, reproductive choice, abortion | 10.3, 10.3.3 |
| Summers v. Earth Island Institute, 555 U.S. 07463 (2009) | standing, membership organization | 2.5 |
| Tahoe-Sierra Preservation Council, Inc. v. Tahoe Regional Planning Agency, 535 U.S. 302 (2002) | property, temporary taking | 8.4 |
| Tennessee v. Lane, 541 U.S. 509 (2004) | XI, state immunity, XIV §5, abrogation | 3.7 |
| The Civil Rights Cases, 109 U.S. 3 (1883) | XIV, state action | 6.4 |
| Troxel v. Granville, 530 U.S. 57 (2000) | substantive due process, parental rights | 10.2.4 |
| US Term Limits v. Thornton, 514 U.S. 779 (1995) | federalism, congressional qualifications | 2.8.5 |
| United Building and Construction Trades Council v. Mayor and Council of Camden, 465 U.S. 208 (1984) | privileges and immunities, municipal employment | 5.5 |
| United Haulers Assn., Inc. v. Oneida-Herkimer Solid Waste Mgmt. Auth., 550 U.S. 051345 (2007) | dormant commerce clause, market participant | 5.3, 5.3.7 |
| Village of Willowbrook v. Olech, 528 U.S. 562 (2000) | equal protection, class of one, rational basis | 9.7 |
| Virginia, U.S. v., 518 U.S. 515 (1996) | equal protection, gender | 9.4 |
| Washington v. Davis, 426 U.S. 229 (1976) | equal protection, race, intent | 9.3, 9.3.3 |
| Washington v. Glucksberg, 521 U.S. 702 (1997) | substantive due process, right to die | 10.5 |
| West Coast Hotel v. Parrish, 300 U.S. 379 (1937) | economic regulation, judicial review | 8.2.3 |
| White v. Massachusetts Council of Construction Employers, Inc., 460 U.S. 204 (1983) | dormant commerce clause, market participant, municipal employment | 5.3, 5.3.7 |
| Wickard v. Filburn, 317 U.S. 111 (1942) | commerce clause, substantial economic effect | 3.3, 3.3.4 |
| Williamson v. Lee Optical, 348 U.S. 483 (1955) | judicial review, rational basis | 8.2.3 |
| Woods v. Cloyd W. Miller Co., 333 U.S. 138 (1948) | war power, domestic legislation | 3.5, 3.5.2 |
| Wyeth v. Levine, 555 U.S. 061249 (2009) | preemption | 5.2, 5.2.5 |
| Yick Wo v. Hopkins, 118 U.S. 356 (1886) | equal protection, race, impact | 9.3, 9.3.3 |
| Youngstown Sheet and Tube Co. v. Sawyer (The Steel Seizure Case), 343 U.S. 579 (1952) | executive power, implied presidential power, commander in chief, separation of powers | 4.1 |
| Ysursa v. Pocatello Ed. Assn., 555 U.S. 07869 (2009) | political speech, payroll deduction | 11.? |
†These "terms" are a very brief indication of what the case is about. Capital roman numerals indicate an amendment to the Constitution.
‡The numbers in this column correspond to the section numbers in Erwin Chemerinsky's treatise, Constitutional Law: Principles and Policies.