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1692        Salem Witchcraft Trials
1735        John Peter Zenger
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Historic Supreme Court Decisions

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Choose a court case from this menu, then click Submit. Abelman v. Booth Abrams v. United States Adair v. United States Adkins v. Children's Hospital Amistad Apodaca v. Oregon Arver v. United States Ashwander v. Tennessee Valley Authority Bailey v. Drexel Furniture Baker v. Carr Barron v. Baltimore Bowers v. Hardwick Boyton v. Virginia Brown v. Board of Education Burstyn v. Wilson Artistic Carey v. Population Services Champion v. Ames Charles River Bridge v. Warren Bridge Cherokee Nation v. Georgia Chicago, Milwaukee, & St. Louis R.R. v. Minnesota Civil Rights Cases Coker v. Georgia Collector v. Day Communications Association v. Douds Cummings v. Missouri Dartmouth v. Woodward De Lima v. Bidwell DeJonge v. Oregon Dennis et al. v. United States Doe v. Bolton Downes v. Bidwell Dred Scott v. Sandford Edwards v. California Eisenstadt v. Baird Engel v. Vitale Escobedo v. Illinois Everson v. Board of Education Ex Parte Garland Ex Parte Merryman Ex Parte Milligan Ex Parte Vallandigham Ex Parte Virginia Ex Parte Yarbrough Furman v. Georgia Gibbons v. Ogden Gideon v. Wainwright Gitlow v. New York Graves v. New York ex. rel. O’ Keefe Griggs v. Duke Power Griswold v. Connecticut Guinn v. United States Hague v. C.I.O. Hamilton v. Kentucky Distilleries Hannegan v. Esquire Helvering v. Davis Herndon v. Lowery Holden v. Hardy Hustler Magazine v. Falwell Hylton v. United States Illinois ex. rel. McCollum v. Board of Education In Re Debs In Re Gault Johnson v. Louisiana Kent v. Dulles Korematsu v. United States Lee v. Weisman Lemon v. Kurtzman License Cases Lochner v. New York Loewe v. Lawler Lovell v. Griffin Loving v. Virginia Luther v. Borden Mapp v. Ohio Marbury v. Madison Martin v. Hunter's Lessee McCullough v. Maryland McLaurin v. Oklahoma State Regents Milliken v. Bradley Minersville School District v. Gobitis Miranda v. Arizona Missouri ex rel. Gaines v. Canada Morgan v. Virginia Muller v. Oregon Munn v. Illinois Near v. Minnesota Nebbia v. New York New York Times v. Sullivan New York Times v. United States NLRB v. Friedman- Harry Marks Clothing Co. NLRB v. Jones and Laughlin Northern Securities Co. v. United States O'Connor v. Donaldson Passenger Cases Patterson v. Alabama Pennsylvania v. Nelson Planned Parenthood of Central Missouri v. Danforth Planned Parenthood v. Casey Plessy v. Ferguson Plyler v. Doe Pollock v. Farmers’ Loan and Trust Co. Powell v. Alabama Prigg v. Pennsylvania Prize Cases R.A.V. v. City of St. Paul, Minnesota Retirement Board v. Alton Railroad Co. Rochin v. California Roe v. Wade Roth v. United States Santa Clara Co. v. Southern Pacific R.R. Co. Schechter v. United States Schenck v. United States School District of Abington Township v. Schempp Shapiro v. Thompson Shelley v. Kraemer Sheppard v. Maxwell Slaughterhouse Cases Smith v. Allwright Smyth v. Ames Springer v. United States Standard Oil of N.J. v. United States Stenberg v. Carhart Steward Machine Co. v. Davis Strauder v. West Virginia Sweatt v. Painter Swift v. United States Texas v. Johnson Thornhill v. Alabama Tinker v. Des Moines U.S. v. E.C. Knight Co. U.S. v. Trans-Missouri Freight Association United States v. Carolene Products United States v. Nixon Veazie Bank v. Fenno Wabash, St. Louis & Pacific R.R. v. Illinois Watkins v. United States West Coast Hotel v. Parrish West Virginia State School Board v. Barnette Williams v. Florida Williams v. Mississippi Worcester v. Georgia Yates v. United States Yick Wo v. Hopkins Youngstown Sheet & Tube v. Sawyer
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