Morse v Frederick (2007)
Case In 2002, Joseph Frederick went to an Olympic Torch Relay, a school-sponsored event, and caused quite the controversy. Frederick, a senior at Juneau-Douglas High
U.S. Judicial Branch
Heart of Atlanta Motel, Inc. v. United States (1964)
Case In 1964, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed into law the Civil Rights Act. Title II of the Civil Rights Act banned racial discrimination and
Pierce v. Society of Sisters (1925)
Case Public concern grew over educating the American in the 1920s. The state of Oregon passed the Compulsory Education Act of 1922. This Act amended
South Dakota v. Dole (1987)
Case When alcohol prohibition ended in 1933, almost every state made 21 their minimum legal drinking age, or MLDA. However, as the voting age was
Planned Parenthood v Casey (1992)
Case In the years after the 1973 Roe v Wade decision established abortion as a constitutional right, several states continued to enact laws restricting the
Texas v Johnson (1989)
Case The Republican Party’s national convention in 1984 to renominate Ronald Reagan, in Dallas, Texas, was met with protests and criticism. One of the protestors
San Antonio Independent School District v. Rodriguez (1973)
Case The 1954 landmark case Brown v. Board of Education established that education must be offered “on equal terms.” However, in 1973, the parents of
District Courts: The Federal Trial Courts
Introduction You may have heard of famous Supreme Court cases, such as the 1954 case Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, which overturned the
Lawrence v. Texas (2003)
Case In 2003, 14 states in the United States had anti-sodomy laws. However, only four of them had been regularly enforcing those laws against homosexual
McCulloch v Maryland (1819)
Case The United States first established a national bank under its first president, George Washington. Arguing in favor of robust national powers, Alexander Hamilton had
