Category
page 1United States equal protection case law
Brown v. Board of Education
1954 U.S. Supreme Court case which declared school segregation unconstitutional
Obergefell v. Hodges
2015 U.S. Supreme Court case that legalized same-sex marriage nationwide
Loving v. Virginia
1967 U.S. Supreme Court case abolishing restrictions on interracial marriage
Plessy v. Ferguson
1896 U.S. Supreme Court case on racial segregation
Lawrence v. Texas
2003 U.S. Supreme Court case declaring anti-sodomy laws unconstitutional
Bush v. Gore
U.S. Supreme Court ruling on the Florida recount dispute during the 2000 presidential election
Equal Protection Clause
guarantee of law protecting all persons equally in the United States
Bowers v. Hardwick
1986 U.S. Supreme Court case upholding anti-sodomy laws (overturned in 2003)
Korematsu v. United States
1944 U.S. Supreme Court case upholding the internment of Japanese Americans
Buck v. Bell
1927 U.S. Supreme Court case declaring compulsory sterilization laws constitutional
Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard
2023 United States Supreme Court landmark decision
Smith v. Allwright
United States Supreme Court decision with regard to voting rights and racial desegregation
Romer v. Evans
1996 U.S. Supreme Court case on sexual orientation and state laws
Eisenstadt v. Baird
1972 U.S. Supreme Court decision on the right of unmarried people to possess contraceptives
Sweatt v. Painter
legal case
United States v. Virginia
US 1996 legal case