100 Supreme Court Cases

Sorted Chronologically

Sorted by Topic

Part I: Foundational Cases on Constitutional Structure
- Chisholm v. Georgia (1793)
- Marbury v. Madison (1803)
- McCulloch v. Maryland (1819)
- Gibbons v. Ogden (1824)
- Barron v. City of Baltimore (1833)
Part II: Enumerated Powers
- Prigg v. Pennsylvania (1842)
- United States v. Dewitt (1869)
- Hepburn v. Griswold (1870)
- Knox v. Lee (1871)
- United States v. E.C. Knight (1895)
- Champion v. Ames (1903)
- Hammer v. Dagenhart (1918)
- Schechter Poultry Corp. v. United States (1935)
- NLRB v. Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp. (1937)
- United States v. Darby (1941)
- Wickard v. FIlburn (1942)
- Heart of Atlanta Motel v. United States (1964)
- Katzenbach v. McClung (1964)
- South Dakota v. Dole (1987)
- United States v. Lopez (1995)
- United States v. Morrison (2000)
- Gonzales v. Raich (2005)
- NFIB v. Sebelius (2012)
Part III: Federalism Limits on Congressional Power
- Hans v. State of Louisiana (1890)
- New York v. United States (1992)
- Seminole Tribe of Florida v. Florida (1996)
- City of Boerne v. Flores (1997)
- Printz v. United States (1997)
- Board of Trustees of University of Alabama v. Garrett (2001)
- Nevada Department of Human Resources v. Hibbs (2003)
Part IV: The Executive Power
- Ex Parte Merryman (1861)
- Korematsu v. United States (1944)
- Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co. v. Sawyer (1952)
Part V: The Separation of Powers
- Morrison v. Olson (1988)
- NLRB v. Noel Canning (2014)
Part VI: Slavery and The Reconstruction Amendments
- Dred Scott v. Sandford (1857)
- The Slaughter-House Cases (1873)
- Bradwell v. Illinois (1873)
- United States v. Cruikshank (1876)
- Strauder v. West Virginia (1880)
- The Civil Rights Cases (1883)
- Yick Wo v. Hopkins (1886)
- Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)
Part VII: Expanding the Scope of the Due Process Clause
- Lochner v. New York (1905)
- Muller v. Oregon (1908)
- Buchanan v. Warley (1917)
- Adkins v. Children’s Hospital (1923)
- Meyer v. Nebraska (1923)
- Pierce v. Society of Sisters (1925)
- Buck v. Bell (1927)
- O’Gorman & Young, Inc. v. Hartford Fire Insurance Co. (1931)
- Nebbia v. New York (1934)
- West Coast Hotel v. Parrish (1937)
- United States v. Carolene Products (1938)
- Williamson v. Lee Optical (1955)
Part VIII: Equal Protection of the Law: Discrimination on the Basis of Race
- Brown v. Board of Education (1954)
- Bolling v. Sharpe (1954)
- Cooper v. Aaron (1958)
- Loving v. Virginia (1967)
- Regents of the University of California v. Bakke (1978)
- Gratz v. Bollinger (2003)
- Grutter v. Bollinger (2003)
- Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin I (2013)
- Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin II (2016)
Part IX: Equal Protection of the Law: Sex Discrimination and Other Types
- Frontiero v. Richardson (1973)
- Craig v. Boren (1976)
- Cleburne v. Cleburne Living Center (1985)
- Romer v. Evans (1996)
- United States v. Virginia (1996)
Part X: Modern Substantive Due Process
- Griswold v. Connecticut (1965)
- Roe v. Wade (1973)
- Planned Parenthood v. Casey (1992)
- Lawrence v. Texas (2003)
- United States v. Windsor (2013)
- Obergefell v. Hodges (2015)
- Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt (2016)
- Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization (2022) (2022)
Part XI: Freedom of Speech
- Schenck v. United States (1919)
- Debs v. United States (1919)
- Abrams v. United States (1919)
- Gitlow v. New York (1925)
- Stromberg v. California (1931)
- New York Times v. Sullivan (1964)
- United States v. O’Brien (1968)
- Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District (1969) (1969)
- New York Times Co. v. United States (1971) (1971)
- Buckley v. Valeo (1976)
- Texas v. Johnson (1989)
- R.A.V. v. City of St. Paul (1992)
- McConnell v. Federal Election Commission (2003)
- Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission (2010)
- United States v. Stevens (2010)
- Snyder v. Phelps (2011)
- Brown v. Entertainment Merchants Association (2011)
Part XII: The Free Exercise of Religion
- Sherbert v. Verner (1963)
- Wisconsin v. Yoder (1972) (1972)
- Employment Division v. Smith (1990)
- Church of the Lukumi Babalu Aye v. City of Hialeah (1993)
- Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Stores (2014)
Part XIII: No Law Respecting an Establishment of Religion
- Engel v. Vitale (1962) (1962)
- McCreary County, Kentucky v. ACLU of Kentucky (2005)
- Van Orden v. Perry (2005)
- Town of Greece v. Galloway (2014) (2014)
- American Legion v. American Humanist Association (2019) (2019)
Part XIV: The Right to Keep and Bear Arms
- District of Columbia v. Heller (2008)
- McDonald v. City of Chicago (2010)
- New York State Rifle & Pistol Association, Inc. v. Bruen (2022) (2022)
Part XV: Taking Private Property for Public Use
- Pennsylvania Coal Co. v. Mahon (1922)
- Penn Central Transportation Company v. New York (1978)
- Kelo v. City of New London (2005)
Part XVI: The Rights of the Accused
- Gideon v. Wainwright (1963) (1963)
- Miranda v. Arizona (1966) (1966)
Part XVII: Voting Rights
- Baker v. Carr (1962) (1962)
- Shaw v. Reno (1993) (1993)

An introduction to Constitutional Law 100 Supreme Court cases everyone should know

Randy E. Barnett & Josh Blackman

100 Supreme Court Cases

Part I: Foundational Cases on Constitutional Structure

Chisholm v. Georgia (1793)

Marbury v. Madison (1803)

McCulloch v. Maryland (1819)

Gibbons v. Ogden (1824)

Barron v. City of Baltimore (1833)

Part II: Enumerated Powers

Prigg v. Pennsylvania (1842)

United States v. Dewitt (1869)

Hepburn v. Griswold (1870)

Knox v. Lee (1871)

United States v. E.C. Knight (1895)

Champion v. Ames (1903)

Hammer v. Dagenhart (1918)

Schechter Poultry Corp. v. United States (1935)

NLRB v. Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp. (1937)

United States v. Darby (1941)

Wickard v. FIlburn (1942)

Heart of Atlanta Motel v. United States (1964)

Katzenbach v. McClung (1964)

South Dakota v. Dole (1987)

United States v. Lopez (1995)

United States v. Morrison (2000)

Gonzales v. Raich (2005)

NFIB v. Sebelius (2012)

Part III: Federalism Limits on Congressional Power

Hans v. State of Louisiana (1890)

New York v. United States (1992)

Seminole Tribe of Florida v. Florida (1996)

City of Boerne v. Flores (1997)

Printz v. United States (1997)

Board of Trustees of University of Alabama v. Garrett (2001)

Nevada Department of Human Resources v. Hibbs (2003)

Part IV: The Executive Power

Ex Parte Merryman (1861)

Korematsu v. United States (1944)

Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co. v. Sawyer (1952)

Part V: The Separation of Powers

Morrison v. Olson (1988)

NLRB v. Noel Canning (2014)

Part VI: Slavery and The Reconstruction Amendments

Dred Scott v. Sandford (1857)

The Slaughter-House Cases (1873)

Bradwell v. Illinois (1873)

United States v. Cruikshank (1876)

Strauder v. West Virginia (1880)

The Civil Rights Cases (1883)

Yick Wo v. Hopkins (1886)

Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)

Part VII: Expanding the Scope of the Due Process Clause

Lochner v. New York (1905)

Muller v. Oregon (1908)

Buchanan v. Warley (1917)

Adkins v. Children’s Hospital (1923)

Meyer v. Nebraska (1923)

Pierce v. Society of Sisters (1925)

Buck v. Bell (1927)

O’Gorman & Young, Inc. v. Hartford Fire Insurance Co. (1931)

Nebbia v. New York (1934)

West Coast Hotel v. Parrish (1937)

United States v. Carolene Products (1938)

Williamson v. Lee Optical (1955)

Part VIII: Equal Protection of the Law: Discrimination on the Basis of Race

Brown v. Board of Education (1954)

Bolling v. Sharpe (1954)

Cooper v. Aaron (1958)

Loving v. Virginia (1967)

Regents of the University of California v. Bakke (1978)

Gratz v. Bollinger (2003)

Grutter v. Bollinger (2003)

Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin I (2013)

Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin II (2016)

Part IX: Equal Protection of the Law: Sex Discrimination and Other Types

Frontiero v. Richardson (1973)

Craig v. Boren (1976)

Cleburne v. Cleburne Living Center (1985)

Romer v. Evans (1996)