Landmark Cases & Legal Concepts

Mapp v. Ohio Dates: Argued March 29, Decided June 19, 1961

Bumper v. North Carolina: Consent Searches and Claimed Warrants

Mrs. Loving: From Arrest to a Supreme Court Victory

Johnson v. Louisiana: Non-Unanimous Juries and Jim Crow Roots

Kelo v. City of New London: Public Use, Backlash, and Aftermath

United States v. Morrison: VAWA, Commerce Clause, and Ruling

Dred Scott v. Sandford: Holdings, Dissents, and Aftermath

Obergefell v. Hodges Decision: Reasoning, Dissents, and Aftermath

Liebeck v. McDonald’s Hot Coffee Case: Burns, Verdict, and Myths

Ex Parte Merryman: Lincoln, Taney, and the Habeas Corpus Fight