Ms. Funderburg's United States History Website

Supreme Court Cases

These cases are the most commonly tested on the EOC. We will cover these and many more!!
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Supreme Court Cases

American Tobacco v U.S., 1911

Brown v Board of Educ., 1954

Dred Scott Decision, 1857

Gibbons v Ogden, 1824

Korematsu v U.S., 1944

Marbury v Madison, 1803

McCulloch v Maryland, 1819

Munn v Illinois, 1876

New York Times v U.S., 1971

Northern Securities..., 1904

Plessy v Ferguson, 1896

Regents...v Bakke, 1978

Roe v Wade, 1973

Schenck..., 1919

Swann v Mecklenburg..., 1969

Texas v Johnson, 1989

U.S. v EC Knight, 1894

U.S. v Nixon, 1974

Wabash v Illinois, 1886

Worcester v Georgia, 1832

For each court case, you will be required to do some out of class research. The worksheet to complete for this research can be found here. Make sure you cite your sources. Be specific!! I will let you know when these are due and which cases must be completed!

Excellent Sites to Research Cases

http://www.supremecourtus.gov/

http://www.findlaw.com/casecode/supreme.html

http://www.landmarkcases.org/

http://www.oyez.org/oyez/frontpage

http://www.socialstudieshelp.com/CourtCases.htm

http://www.fedworld.gov/supcourt/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/US_Supreme_Court

Search by Case on your search engines!!

Make sure your information is reliable!!