USA Law

Tag: Landmark Case

  • Dred Scott Case Background

    Dred Scott Case Background in the United States Dred Scott Case: The Debate Over Slavery in U.S. Territories Introduction to Dred Scott Case Background The Supreme Court’s decision in the Dred Scott case resulted from a long debate over slavery in the territories of the American West. The […]

  • Dred Scott Case Dissents

    Dred Scott Case Dissents in the United States Dred Scott Case: The Dissents Introduction to Dred Scott Case Dissents Justices John McLean of Ohio and Benjamin R. Curtis of Massachusetts issued dissenting opinions. Curtis attacked Taney’s historical arguments, showing that blacks had voted in […]

  • Texas V White

    Texas v. White in the United States Texas v. White 7 Wallace United States Constitution According to the Encyclopedia of the American Constitution, about its article titled 543 TEXAS v. WHITE 7 Wallace 700 (1869) In 1867 the Court accepted original jurisdiction of Texas v. White because one […]

  • Standard Oil Co Of New Jersey Et Al V United States

    Introduction to Standard Oil Co of New Jersey et al v United States Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey et al. v. United States, U.S. Supreme Court decision that was handed down in 1911 and dealt with the dissolution of unreasonable corporate monopolies. The Standard Oil Co., ordered to dissolve […]

  • Schenck V United States Decision

    Schenck v United State: The Court'S Decision Introduction to Schenck v United States Decision Writing for a unanimous Court, Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., delivered an opinion (a legal decision) that established guidelines for assessing the limits of free speech. In considering the […]

  • Schenck V United States Aftermath

    Introduction to Schenck v United States Aftermath For fifty years after the Schenck case the Supreme Court applied the clear and present danger doctrine to cases involving freedom of speech. In the 1950s the Court expanded the scope of the doctrine so that it could be used in peacetime to […]

  • Schenck V United States Background

    Introduction to Schenck v United States Background The Schenck case grew out of opposition to U.S. involvement in World War I (1914-1918). Antiwar sentiment in the United States was particularly strong among socialists, German Americans, and religious groups that traditionally advocated […]

  • Schenck V United States

    Schenck v. United States Schenck v. United States 249 U.S. 47 (1919) United States Constitution According to the Encyclopedia of the American Constitution, about its article titled SCHENCK v. UNITED STATES 249 U.S. 47 (1919) The freedom of speech provisions of the first amendment played a […]

  • Plessy V Ferguson Challenge

    Plessy v Ferguson Challenge in the United States Plessy v Ferguson Plessy and the Legal Challenge Introduction to Plessy v Ferguson Challenge The Plessy case grew out of a careful strategy to test the legality of a Louisiana law passed in 1890 that required railroads to maintain separate train […]

  • Plessy V Ferguson Aftermath

    Plessy v Ferguson Aftermath in the United States Introduction to Plessy v Ferguson Aftermath By the time the court decided Plessy the South was well on its way to creating a thoroughly segregated society. The Plessy ruling merely accelerated the process and provided it with legal sanction. […]

  • Plessy V Ferguson Background

    Plessy v Ferguson Background in the United States Introduction to Plessy v Ferguson Background Immediately after the American Civil War ended in April 1865 the Southern states began to segregate blacks from whites in schools and other public facilities. Reconstruction, a period of rebuilding […]

  • Olmstead V United States

    Olmstead v. United States Olmstead v. United States 277 U.S. 438 (1928) United States Constitution According to the Encyclopedia of the American Constitution, about its article titled OLMSTEAD v. UNITED STATES 277 U.S. 438 (1928) Federal agents installed wiretaps in the basement of a building […]

  • National Labor Relations Board V Jones And Laughlin Steel Co

    National Labor Relations Board v Jones and Laughlin Steel Co in the United States Introduction to National Labor Relations Board v Jones and Laughlin Steel Co National Labor Relations Board v. Jones and Laughlin Steel Co., 1937 decision by the Supreme Court of the United States dealing with […]

  • Martin V Hunter`s Lessee

    Martin v Hunter`s Lessee in the United States Introduction to Martin v Hunter`s Lessee Martin v. Hunter’s Lessee, landmark court case of 1816 in which the Supreme Court of the United States established its authority to overrule certain state court decisions. During the American Revolution […]

  • Mapp V Ohio

    Mapp v. Ohio in the United States Mapp v. Ohio 367 U.S. 643 (1961) United States Constitution According to the Encyclopedia of the American Constitution, about its article titled 603 MAPP v. OHIO 367 U.S. 643 (1961) Mapp v. Ohio brought to a close an abrasive constitutional debate within the […]