Essential SupremeCourt Decisions
Essential SupremeCourt DecisionsSummaries of Leading Casesin U.S. Constitutional Law
Fifteenth EditionJOHN R. VILER O W M A N & L I T T L E F I E L D P U B L I S H E R S , I N C .
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ContentsPreface to the Fifteenth EditionxxiAcknowledgments xxvThis Is Our Supreme Courtxxvii
1 Article I: The Legislative BranchPowers 2Commerce 2
Gibbons v. Ogden (1824) 2
Brown v. Maryland (1827) 3
Cooley v. Board of Wardens (1851) 4
United States v. E. C. Knight Co. (1895) 5
In re Debs (1895) 6
Champion v. Ames (1903) 7
The Shreveport Case (1914) 8
Hammer v. Dagenhart (1918) 9
Stafford v. Wallace (1922) 10
Ashwander v. Tennessee Valley Authority (1936) 11
Kentucky Whip and Collar Co. v. IllinoisCentral R.R. Co. (1937) 12
West Coast Hotel Co. v. Parrish (1937) 13[
United States v. Carolene ProductsCompany (1938)]*[
United States v. F. W. Darby Lumber Co. (1941)]
Wickard v. Filburn (1942) 14* Brackets denote related cases found in other chapters of this book.
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viContentsUnited States v. Southeastern UnderwritersAssociation (1944) 15
Heart of Atlanta Motel, Inc. v. United States (1964) 16
United States v. Lopez (1995) 17
Jones v. United States (2000) 18[
United States v. Morrison (2000)]
Gonzales v. Raich (2005) 19Delegation of Powers 21
J.W. Hampton, Jr. & Co. v. United States (1928) 21
Panama Refining Co. v. Ryan (1935) 22
Schechter Poultry Corp. v. United States (1935) 23
United States v. Curtiss-Wright Export Corp. (1936) 24
Yakus v. United States (1944) 25
Mistretta v. United States (1989) 26Implied Powers 28
McCulloch v. Maryland (1819) 28
McGrain v. Daugherty (1927) 29
Watkins v. United States (1957) 29
Barenblatt v. United States (1959) 30Taxing/Spending and Regulatory Powers 31
Hylton v. United States (1796) 31
Veazie Bank v. Fenno (1869) 32
Collector v. Day (1871) 33
Legal Tender Cases (1871) 34
Pollock v. Farmers Loan and Trust Co. (1895) 35
Northern Securities Co. v. United States (1904) 37
McCray v. United States (1904) 38
South Carolina v. United States (1905) 38
Swift and Co. v. United States (1905) 39
Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey v. United States(1910) 40
Bailey v. Drexel Furniture Co. (1922) 41
United States v. Butler (1936) 42
Steward Machine Co. v. Davis (1937) 42
National Labor Relations Board v. Jones & LaughlinSteel Corporation (1937) 43
Helvering v. Davis (1937) 45
Graves v. New York ex rel. OKeefe (1939) 45
Mulford v. Smith (1939) 47
ContentsviiNational Labor Relations Board v. Yeshiva University(1980) 48
NCAA v. Board of Regents of University of Oklahoma(1984) 48
South Dakota v. Dole (1987) 49
Eldred v. Ashcroft (2003) 50Privileges and Terms of Members 51
Powell v. McCormack (1969) 51
Gravel v. United States (1972) 52
U.S. Term Limits, Inc. v. Thornton (1995) 53
2 Article II: The Executive BranchPowers 58
Martin v. Mott (1827) 58
Ex parte Merryman (1861) 59
Mississippi v. Johnson (1867) 60
In re Neagle (1890) 61
Myers v. United States (1926) 62
Ex parte Grossman (1925) 63
Rathbun, Humphreys Executor v. United States (1935) 64
Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co. v. Sawyer (1952) 65
Dames and Moore v. Regan (1981) 66
Haig v. Agee (1981) 67Privileges and Limitations 68
United States v. Nixon (1974) 68
Nixon v. Fitzgerald (1982) 69
Clinton v. Jones (1997) 70
3 Articles I and II: Distinct Yet Overlapping PowersSeparation of Powers Issues 74
United States v. Lovett (1946) 74
Immigration and Naturalization Service v.Chadha (1983) 75
Bowsher v. Snyar (1986) 77
Morrison v. Olson (1988) 78
Clinton v. City of New York (1998) 79Treaties and Executive Agreements 80
Head Money Cases (1884) 80
Missouri v. Holland (1920) 81
viiiContentsUnited States v. Belmont (1937) 82
Goldwater v. Carter (1979) 83War-Making Powers 84
The Prize Cases (1863) 84
Ex parte Milligan (1866) 85
Selective Draft Law Cases (1918) 86
Hamilton v. Kentucky Distilleries &Warehouse Co. (1919) 87
Ex parte Quirin (1942) 88
Korematsu v. United States (1944) 89
Duncan v. Kahanamoku (1946) 90
Woods v. Cloyd W. Miller Co. (1948) 90
Johnson v. Eisentrager (1950) 91[
Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co. v. Sawyer (1952)]
Rostker v. Goldberg (1981) 93
Hamdi v. Rumsfeld (2004) 93
Rasul v. Bush (2004) 95
Hamdan v. Rumsfeld (2006) 97
Boudmediene v. Bush (2008) 100
4 Article III: The Judicial BranchJudicial Jurisdiction and Standing 105
Marbury v. Madison (1803) 105
Martin v. Hunters Lessee (1816) 106
Cohens v. Virginia (1821) 107
Eakin v. Raub (1825) 108
Ableman v. Booth (1859) 109
Ex parte McCardle (1869) 110
Commonwealth of Massachussetts v. Mellon (Frothinghamv. Mellon) (1923) 111
Erie Railroad Co. v. Tompkins (1938) 112
Cooper v. Aaron (1958) 113
Flast v. Cohen (1968) 114
Stone v. Powell (1976) 115
Missouri v. Jenkins (1990) 116
Elk Grove v. Newdow (2004) 118Political Questions Doctrine 119
Luther v. Borden (1849) 119
Muskrat v. United States (1911) 120[
Coleman v. Miller (1939)]
ContentsixBaker v. Carr (1962) 121[
Powell v. McCormack (1969)]
Nixon v. United States (1993) 123
5 Articles IV and VI: FederalismEleventh Amendment and Sovereign Immunity of States 127
Hans v. Louisiana (1890) 127
Monaco v. Mississippi (1934) 128
Alden v. Maine (1999) 128
Kimel v. Florida Board of Regents (2000) 130
University of Alabama Board of Trustees v.Garrett (2001) 131
Lapides v. Board of Regents of University ofGeorgia (2002) 132
Federal Maritime Commission v. South Carolina StatePorts Authority (2002) 133Federal Preemption 134
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