Landmark Cases & Legal Concepts

Board of Education v. Rowley: FAPE Standard and Two-Part Test

Sleepy Lagoon Case: Trial, Verdicts, and the Zoot Suit Riots

New Jersey v. T.L.O.: School Searches and Reasonable Suspicion

Plessy v. Ferguson: Ruling, Harlan’s Dissent, and Overturning

Popow v. City of Margate: Monell Failure-to-Train Liability

Yick Wo v. Hopkins: The Landmark Equal Protection Case

Wesberry v. Sanders: Ruling, Dissent, and Significance

Brown v. Mississippi: Coerced Confessions and Due Process

Humphrey’s Executor v. United States: Ruling and 2025 Challenge

INS v. Chadha Case Brief: Ruling, Concurrence, and Impact