Classic Supreme Court cases: a selection

Introduction by Corey Brettschneider

Calder v. Bull (1798)

Marbury v. Madison (1803)

Dred Scott v. Sandford (1857)

Yick Wo v. Hopkins (1886)

Chae Chan Ping v. United States (1889)

Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)

United States v. Wong Kim Ark (1898)

Korematsu v. United States (1944)

Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka (1954)

Cooper v. Aaron (1958)

Loving v. Virginia (1967)

Plyler v. Doe (1982)

Gratz v. Bollinger (2003)

Grutter v. Bollinger (2003)

Schenck v. United States (1919)

Brandenburg v. Ohio (1969)

Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District (1969)

New York Times Company v. United States (1971)

Griswold v. Connecticut (1965)

Roe v. Wade (1973)

Planned Parenthood v. Casey (1992)

Bowers v. Hardwick (1986)

Romer v. Evans (1996)

Lawrence v. Texas (2003)

Obergefell v. Hodges (2015)

Baker v. Carr (1961)

Reynolds v. Sims (1964)

Shaw v. Reno (1993)

Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission (2010).