United States Supreme Court cases

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United States Supreme Court cases are authoritative judicial decisions by the nation’s highest court that interpret the U.S. Constitution and federal law, shaping American legal doctrine and public policy.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States federal case law
case law
judicial decision
legal precedent
appliesTo federal government of the United States
state governments of the United States
appliesToJurisdiction United States of America
authority Article III of the United States Constitution
countryOfOrigin United States of America
documentedIn Lawyers’ Edition
Supreme Court Reporter
United States Reports
fieldOfWork administrative law
civil rights law
constitutional law
criminal procedure
federal law
federalism
separation of powers
hasEffect binding precedent on lower federal courts
binding precedent on state courts on federal questions
hasPart Brown v. Board of Education
Bush v. Gore
Chisholm v. Georgia
Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission
District of Columbia v. Heller
Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization
Dred Scott v. Sandford
Gibbons v. Ogden
Gideon v. Wainwright
Grutter v. Bollinger
Heart of Atlanta Motel v. United States
Korematsu v. United States
Lochner v. New York
Loving v. Virginia
Mapp v. Ohio
Marbury v. Madison
McCulloch v. Maryland
McDonald v. City of Chicago
Miranda v. Arizona
National Federation of Independent Business v. Sebelius
linked to: NFIB v. Sebelius

New York Times Co. v. Sullivan
New York Times Co. v. United States
Obergefell v. Hodges
Planned Parenthood v. Casey
Plessy v. Ferguson
Printz v. United States
Regents of the University of California v. Bakke
Roe v. Wade
Shelby County v. Holder
Students for Fair Admissions v. President and Fellows of Harvard College
Terry v. Ohio
Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District
United States v. Lopez
United States v. Nixon
West Coast Hotel Co. v. Parrish
Wickard v. Filburn
hasTemporalCoverage since 1790
influences American legal doctrine
American public policy
constitutional interpretation in the United States
interprets United States Constitution
federal regulations
federal statutes
jurisdictionOf Supreme Court of the United States
languageOfWorkOrName English
legalSystem common law
publisher Supreme Court of the United States

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United States Supreme Court cases of the Burger Court follows United States Supreme Court cases of the Warren Court
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Reynolds v. Sims decision category United States Supreme Court cases of the Warren Court
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United States v. South-Eastern Underwriters Association category United States Supreme Court cases on Commerce Clause
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Baker v. Carr category United States Supreme Court cases
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Glossip v. Gross category United States Supreme Court cases on the Eighth Amendment
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Virginia–West Virginia boundary legalAuthority Supreme Court of the United States decisions
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The Paquete Habana hasCategory United States Supreme Court cases in admiralty
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The Paquete Habana hasCategory United States Supreme Court cases on international law
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Janus v. AFSCME category United States Supreme Court cases of the Roberts Court
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Ledbetter v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. category United States Supreme Court cases of the Roberts Court
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Kentucky v. Dennison category United States Supreme Court cases of the Taney Court
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Puerto Rico v. Branstad category United States Supreme Court cases
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Commissioner v. Glenshaw Glass Co. category United States Supreme Court cases in tax law
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Blair v. Commissioner category United States Supreme Court cases in tax law
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Wiretap Act subjectOf United States Supreme Court interpretations
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United States Supreme Court cases of the Vinson Court followedBy United States Supreme Court cases of the Warren Court
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Colegrove v. Green hasCategory United States Supreme Court cases on justiciability
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United States v. Nichols category U.S. Supreme Court cases on the Fourteenth Amendment
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