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A first set of decisions, chosen by fixed rules from the Constitution Annotated (2022): in each topic of its essays, the case they cite most; every case they cite on ten or more pages or name in an essay's title; the decisions those cases overruled; and overruled decisions the essays still discuss. Each is linked to the provisions whose essays cite it.
232 cases202 with the syllabus as printed57 overruled
- 1798Calder v. Bull3 U.S. 386Article I, Section 9, Clause 3
- 1803Marbury v. Madison5 U.S. 137Article I, Section 1, Clause 1 · Article II, Section 3, Clause 1 · Article III, Section 1, Clause 1 · 2 more
- 1810Fletcher v. Peck10 U.S. 87Article I, Section 10, Clause 1 · Article I, Section 9, Clause 3
- 1816Martin v. Hunter’s Lessee14 U.S. 304Article III, Section 1, Clause 1 · Article III, Section 2, Clause 1
- 1819Sturges v. Crowninshield17 U.S. 122Article I, Section 10, Clause 1 · Article I, Section 8, Clause 4
- 1819McCulloch v. Maryland17 U.S. 316Amendment X · Article I, Section 1, Clause 1 · Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 · 4 more
- 1821Cohens v. Virginia19 U.S. 264Amendment XI · Article III, Section 2, Clause 1
- 1824Gibbons v. Ogden22 U.S. 1Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 · Article VI, Clause 2
- 1824Osborn v. Bank of the United States22 U.S. 738OverruledAmendment XI · Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 · Article III, Section 2, Clause 1
- 1842Swift v. Tyson41 U.S. 1Overruled
- 1847Waring v. Clarke46 U.S. 441Article III, Section 2, Clause 1
- 1849Luther v. Borden48 U.S. 1Article III, Section 2, Clause 1 · Article IV, Section 4, Clause 1
- 1857Dred Scott v. Sandford60 U.S. 393Amendment XIV, Section 1 · Amendment II · Article IV, Section 2, Clause 1
- 1861Kentucky v. Dennison65 U.S. 66OverruledArticle IV, Section 2, Clause 2
- 1863Prize Cases67 U.S. 635Article I, Section 8, Clause 11 · Article II, Section 2, Clause 1
- 1866Ex parte Milligan71 U.S. 2Article I, Section 8, Clause 11 · Article I, Section 8, Clause 14 · Article II, Section 2, Clause 1
- 1867Cummings v. Missouri71 U.S. 277Article I, Section 9, Clause 3
- 1867Ex parte Garland71 U.S. 333Amendment I · Article I, Section 9, Clause 3 · Article II, Section 2, Clause 1
- 1869Paul v. Virginia75 U.S. 168OverruledArticle IV, Section 2, Clause 1
- 1871Collector v. Day78 U.S. 113OverruledAmendment X · Article I, Section 8, Clause 1
- 1873Slaughter-House Cases83 U.S. 36Amendment XIII, Section 1 · Amendment XIV, Section 1 · Article IV, Section 2, Clause 1
- 1876United States v. Cruikshank92 U.S. 542Amendment XIV, Section 1 · Amendment I · Amendment II
- 1878Pennoyer v. Neff95 U.S. 714OverruledAmendment XIV, Section 1
- 1879Reynolds v. United States98 U.S. 145Amendment I · Amendment VI
- 1883The Civil Rights Cases109 U.S. 3Amendment XIII · Amendment XIII, Section 1 · Amendment XIII, Section 2 · 1 more
- 1884Ex parte Yarbrough110 U.S. 651Article I, Section 2, Clause 2 · Article II, Section 1, Clause 2
- 1886Yick Wo v. Hopkins118 U.S. 356Amendment XIV, Section 1 · Article I, Section 8, Clause 18
- 1887In re Ayers123 U.S. 443Amendment XI
- 1892Nishimura Ekiu v. United States142 U.S. 651Article I, Section 8, Clause 18
- 1892Marshall Field & Co. v. Clark143 U.S. 649Article I, Section 1, Clause 1 · Article I, Section 5, Clause 3
- 1893Virginia v. Tennessee148 U.S. 503Article I, Section 10, Clause 3
- 1895United States v. E.C. Knight156 U.S. 1Article I, Section 8, Clause 3
- 1895Pollock v. Farmers’ Loan & Trust Co.157 U.S. 429OverruledAmendment XVI · Article I, Section 9, Clause 4
- 1896Plessy v. Ferguson163 U.S. 537OverruledAmendment XIV, Section 1
- 1900Maxwell v. Dow176 U.S. 581OverruledAmendment XIV, Section 1
- 1902Hanover National Bank v. Moyses186 U.S. 181Article I, Section 8, Clause 4
- 1905Lochner v. New York198 U.S. 45Amendment XIV, Section 1
- 1906Hodges v. United States203 U.S. 1OverruledAmendment XIII, Section 2
- 1908Twining v. New Jersey211 U.S. 78OverruledAmendment XIV, Section 1 · Amendment V
- 1914Weeks v. United States232 U.S. 383Amendment IV
- 1918Hammer v. Dagenhart247 U.S. 251OverruledAmendment X · Article I, Section 8, Clause 3
- 1921Gouled v. United States255 U.S. 298OverruledAmendment IV
- 1923Massachusetts v. Mellon262 U.S. 447Article III, Section 2, Clause 1
- 1926Myers v. United States272 U.S. 52Article II, Section 1, Clause 1 · Article II, Section 2, Clause 2
- 1928Olmstead v. United States277 U.S. 438OverruledAmendment IV
- 1932Burnet v. Coronado Oil & Gas Co.285 U.S. 393OverruledArticle III, Section 1, Clause 1
- 1932Powell v. Alabama287 U.S. 45Amendment XIV, Section 1 · Amendment VI
- 1934Home Building & Loan Ass’n v. Blaisdell290 U.S. 398Article I, Section 10, Clause 1
- 1935Alaska Packers Ass’n v. Industrial Accident Comm’n294 U.S. 532Article IV, Section 1, Clause 1
- 1935A. L. A. Schechter Poultry Corp. v. United States295 U.S. 495Article I, Section 1, Clause 1
- 1935United States v. Constantine296 U.S. 287Article I, Section 8, Clause 1
- 1936Ashwander v. Tennessee Valley Authority297 U.S. 288Article III, Section 2, Clause 1 · Article IV, Section 3, Clause 2
- 1936Carter v. Carter Coal Co.298 U.S. 238Article I, Section 1, Clause 1 · Article I, Section 8, Clause 3
- 1936United States v. Curtiss-Wright Export Corp.299 U.S. 304Article I, Section 1, Clause 1 · Article I, Section 8, Clause 11 · Article II, Section 1, Clause 1 · 1 more
- 1937New York ex rel. Rogers v. Graves299 U.S. 401Overruled
- 1937National Labor Relations Board v. Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp.301 U.S. 1Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 · Article VI, Clause 2
- 1937Breedlove v. Suttles302 U.S. 277OverruledAmendment XIV, Section 1
- 1937Palko v. Connecticut302 U.S. 319OverruledAmendment XIV, Section 1 · Amendment V
- 1938Helvering v. Mountain Producers Corp.303 U.S. 376
- 1938Erie Railroad v. Tompkins304 U.S. 64Article III, Section 2, Clause 1
- 1939Graves v. New York ex rel. O’Keefe306 U.S. 466Amendment X · Article I, Section 8, Clause 1
- 1939Coleman v. Miller307 U.S. 433Article III, Section 2, Clause 1 · Article V, Clause 1
- 1939Hague v. Committee for Industrial Organization307 U.S. 496Amendment XIV, Section 1 · Amendment I · Article IV, Section 2, Clause 1
- 1940Cantwell v. Connecticut310 U.S. 296Amendment XIV, Section 1 · Amendment I
- 1940Minersville School District v. Gobitis310 U.S. 586OverruledAmendment I
- 1941United States v. Darby312 U.S. 100Amendment X · Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 · Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 · 1 more
- 1941United States v. Classic313 U.S. 299Amendment XIV · Amendment XIV, Section 5 · Article I, Section 2, Clause 2 · 1 more
- 1942Goldman v. United States316 U.S. 129OverruledAmendment IV
- 1943West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette319 U.S. 624Amendment XIV, Section 1 · Amendment I
- 1944United States v. South-Eastern Underwriters Ass’n322 U.S. 533Article I, Section 8, Clause 3
- 1944Korematsu v. United States323 U.S. 214Overruled
- 1946Colegrove v. Green328 U.S. 549OverruledAmendment XIV, Section 1 · Article III, Section 2, Clause 1
- 1947Everson v. Board of Education330 U.S. 1Amendment I
- 1947Adamson v. California332 U.S. 46OverruledAmendment XIV, Section 1
- 1948Johnson v. United States333 U.S. 10Amendment IV
- 1948In re Oliver333 U.S. 257Amendment VI
- 1949Wolf v. Colorado338 U.S. 25OverruledAmendment IV
- 1950United States ex rel. Knauff v. Shaughnessy338 U.S. 537Amendment V · Article I, Section 8, Clause 18
- 1950Darr v. Burford339 U.S. 200Overruled
- 1950American Communications Ass’n v. Douds339 U.S. 382OverruledAmendment I
- 1950Johnson v. Eisentrager339 U.S. 763Amendment V · Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 · Article II, Section 2, Clause 1
- 1951Niemotko v. Maryland340 U.S. 268Amendment I
- 1952Adler v. Board of Education342 U.S. 485OverruledAmendment I
- 1952Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co. v. Sawyer343 U.S. 579Article II, Section 1, Clause 1 · Article II, Section 2, Clause 1 · Article II, Section 3, Clause 1
- 1953Brown v. Allen344 U.S. 443OverruledArticle III, Section 1, Clause 1
- 1953Shaughnessy v. United States ex rel. Mezei345 U.S. 206Amendment V · Article I, Section 8, Clause 18
- 1953Stein v. New York346 U.S. 156OverruledAmendment V
- 1954Brown v. Board of Education347 U.S. 483Amendment XIV, Section 1 · Article III, Section 2, Clause 1
- 1955Brown v. Board of Education349 U.S. 294
- 1957Watkins v. United States354 U.S. 178Amendment I · Article I, Section 8, Clause 18
- 1958Perez v. Brownell356 U.S. 44OverruledArticle I, Section 8, Clause 4
- 1958Trop v. Dulles356 U.S. 86Amendment VIII · Article I, Section 8, Clause 4 · Article I, Section 9, Clause 3
- 1958Crooker v. California357 U.S. 433Overruled
- 1958Cicenia v. Lagay357 U.S. 504Overruled
- 1958Cooper v. Aaron358 U.S. 1Amendment XIV, Section 1
- 1959Romero v. International Terminal Operating Co.358 U.S. 354Article III, Section 2, Clause 1
- 1959Barenblatt v. United States360 U.S. 109Amendment I · Article I, Section 8, Clause 18
- 1960Jones v. United States362 U.S. 257OverruledAmendment IV
- 1961Torcaso v. Watkins367 U.S. 488Amendment I
- 1961Mapp v. Ohio367 U.S. 643Amendment IV
- 1962Baker v. Carr369 U.S. 186Amendment XIV, Section 1 · Article III, Section 2, Clause 1 · Article IV, Section 4, Clause 1
- 1963Townsend v. Sain372 U.S. 293Article III, Section 1, Clause 1
- 1963Fay v. Noia372 U.S. 391OverruledArticle III, Section 1, Clause 1
- 1964Wesberry v. Sanders376 U.S. 1Amendment XIV, Section 1 · Article I, Section 2, Clause 1
- 1964Malloy v. Hogan378 U.S. 1Amendment XIV, Section 1 · Amendment V
- 1964Jackson v. Denno378 U.S. 368
- 1964Escobedo v. Illinois378 U.S. 478Amendment VI
- 1965Crider v. Zurich Insurance Co.380 U.S. 39Article IV, Section 1, Clause 1
- 1965United States v. Brown381 U.S. 437Article I, Section 9, Clause 3
- 1965Griswold v. Connecticut381 U.S. 479Amendment XIV, Section 1 · Amendment I · Amendment III · 1 more
- 1966Harper v. Virginia Board of Elections383 U.S. 663Amendment XIV, Section 1
- 1966Miranda v. Arizona384 U.S. 436Amendment V · Amendment VI
- 1967Keyishian v. Board of Regents385 U.S. 589Amendment I
- 1967Afroyim v. Rusk387 U.S. 253Amendment XIV, Section 1 · Article I, Section 8, Clause 4
- 1967Warden v. Hayden387 U.S. 294Amendment IV
- 1967Katz v. United States389 U.S. 347Amendment III · Amendment IV
- 1968Duncan v. Louisiana391 U.S. 145Amendment XIV, Section 1 · Amendment VI
- 1968Terry v. Ohio392 U.S. 1Amendment IV
- 1968Flast v. Cohen392 U.S. 83Article III, Section 2, Clause 1
- 1968Jones v. Alfred H. Mayer Co.392 U.S. 409Amendment XIII, Section 2 · Amendment XIV, Section 1
- 1969Shapiro v. Thompson394 U.S. 618OverruledAmendment XIV, Section 1
- 1969Powell v. McCormack395 U.S. 486Article I, Section 2, Clause 2 · Article I, Section 3, Clause 3 · Article I, Section 5, Clause 2 · 2 more
- 1969Benton v. Maryland395 U.S. 784Amendment XIV, Section 1
- 1970Wyman v. Bowens397 U.S. 49Overruled
- 1970Walz v. Tax Comm’n397 U.S. 664Amendment I
- 1970Oregon v. Mitchell400 U.S. 112Amendment XIV, Section 1
- 1971Rogers v. Bellei401 U.S. 815Article I, Section 8, Clause 4
- 1971McGautha v. California402 U.S. 183Overruled
- 1971Coolidge v. New Hampshire403 U.S. 443Amendment IV
- 1971Lemon v. Kurtzman403 U.S. 602Amendment I
- 1972Dunn v. Blumstein405 U.S. 330Amendment XIV, Section 1
- 1972State Department of Health & Rehabilitative Services v. Zarate407 U.S. 918Overruled
- 1972Barker v. Wingo407 U.S. 514Amendment VI
- 1972Board of Regents v. Roth408 U.S. 564Amendment XIV, Section 1
- 1972Gravel v. United States408 U.S. 606Article I, Section 6, Clause 1
- 1972Sterrett v. Mothers’ & Children’s Rights Organization409 U.S. 809Overruled
- 1972Baker v. Nelson409 U.S. 810Overruled
- 1973Roe v. Wade410 U.S. 113OverruledAmendment XIV, Section 1 · Amendment IX
- 1974Edelman v. Jordan415 U.S. 651Amendment XI
- 1974Schlesinger v. Reservists Committee to Stop the War418 U.S. 208Article I, Section 6, Clause 2 · Article III, Section 2, Clause 1
- 1974United States v. Nixon418 U.S. 683Article II, Section 3, Clause 1
- 1974Schick v. Reed419 U.S. 256Article II, Section 2, Clause 1
- 1974Jackson v. Metropolitan Edison Co.419 U.S. 345Amendment XIV · Amendment I
- 1975United States v. Wilson420 U.S. 332Amendment V
- 1975United States v. Jenkins420 U.S. 358OverruledAmendment V
- 1975Meek v. Pittenger421 U.S. 349OverruledAmendment I
- 1975Warth v. Seldin422 U.S. 490Article III, Section 2, Clause 1
- 1976Buckley v. Valeo424 U.S. 1Amendment XIV, Section 1 · Amendment I · Article I, Section 1, Clause 1 · 2 more
- 1976Mathews v. Eldridge424 U.S. 319Amendment XIV, Section 1 · Amendment V
- 1976National League of Cities v. Usery426 U.S. 833OverruledAmendment X · Article I, Section 8, Clause 3
- 1976Gregg v. Georgia428 U.S. 153Amendment VIII
- 1977Fiallo v. Bell430 U.S. 787Amendment V · Article I, Section 8, Clause 18
- 1977Abood v. Detroit Board of Education431 U.S. 209OverruledAmendment I
- 1977Shaffer v. Heitner433 U.S. 186Amendment XIV, Section 1
- 1977Wolman v. Walter433 U.S. 229OverruledAmendment I
- 1977Nixon v. Administrator of General Services433 U.S. 425Article I, Section 1, Clause 1 · Article I, Section 9, Clause 3 · Article II, Section 3, Clause 1
- 1978United States v. Scott437 U.S. 82Amendment V
- 1978Penn Central Transportation Co. v. City of New York438 U.S. 104Amendment V
- 1980Ohio v. Roberts448 U.S. 56Overruled
- 1980United States v. Salvucci448 U.S. 83Amendment IV
- 1980White Mountain Apache Tribe v. Bracker448 U.S. 136Article I, Section 8, Clause 3
- 1982Logan v. Zimmerman Brush Co.455 U.S. 422Amendment XIV, Section 1
- 1982Blum v. Yaretsky457 U.S. 991Amendment XIV
- 1982Northern Pipeline Construction Co. v. Marathon Pipe Line Co.458 U.S. 50Article I, Section 8, Clause 4 · Article III, Section 1, Clause 1
- 1982Ramah Navajo School Board v. Bureau of Revenue of New Mexico458 U.S. 832Article I, Section 8, Clause 3
- 1982National Association for the Advancement of Colored People v. Claiborne Hardware Co.458 U.S. 886Amendment I
- 1982Landon v. Plasencia459 U.S. 21Amendment V · Article I, Section 8, Clause 18
- 1983Bob Jones University v. United States461 U.S. 574Amendment I
- 1983Immigration & Naturalization Service v. Chadha462 U.S. 919Article I, Section 1, Clause 1 · Article I, Section 7, Clause 2 · Article I, Section 7, Clause 3 · 2 more
- 1983Marsh v. Chambers463 U.S. 783Amendment I
- 1984Strickland v. Washington466 U.S. 668Amendment VI
- 1984Allen v. Wright468 U.S. 737Article III, Section 2, Clause 1
- 1985Garcia v. San Antonio Metropolitan Transit Authority469 U.S. 528Amendment X · Article I, Section 8, Clause 3
- 1985Grand Rapids School District v. Ball473 U.S. 373OverruledAmendment I
- 1985Aguilar v. Felton473 U.S. 402OverruledAmendment I
- 1986Davis v. Bandemer478 U.S. 109OverruledAmendment XIV, Section 1 · Article III, Section 2, Clause 1
- 1986Bowers v. Hardwick478 U.S. 186OverruledAmendment XIV, Section 1
- 1986Bowsher v. Synar478 U.S. 714Article I, Section 1, Clause 1 · Article II, Section 2, Clause 2
- 1987Puerto Rico v. Branstad483 U.S. 219
- 1988South Carolina v. Baker485 U.S. 505Amendment X · Article I, Section 8, Clause 1
- 1988Wheat v. United States486 U.S. 153Amendment VI
- 1988Morrison v. Olson487 U.S. 654Article I, Section 1, Clause 1 · Article II, Section 1, Clause 1 · Article II, Section 2, Clause 2
- 1989Mistretta v. United States488 U.S. 361Article I, Section 1, Clause 1 · Article II, Section 2, Clause 2 · Article III, Section 1, Clause 1
- 1989Penry v. Lynaugh492 U.S. 302OverruledAmendment VIII · Article III, Section 1, Clause 1
- 1990Employment Division v. Smith494 U.S. 872Amendment I
- 1990Walton v. Arizona497 U.S. 639OverruledAmendment VI · Amendment VIII
- 1991Touby v. United States500 U.S. 160Article I, Section 1, Clause 1
- 1991Chambers v. NASCO, Inc.501 U.S. 32Article III, Section 1, Clause 1
- 1991Coleman v. Thompson501 U.S. 722Article III, Section 1, Clause 1
- 1992Lujan v. Defenders of Wildlife504 U.S. 555Article III, Section 2, Clause 1
- 1992New York v. United States505 U.S. 144Amendment X · Article I, Section 1, Clause 1 · Article IV, Section 4, Clause 1
- 1992R.A.V. v. City of St. Paul505 U.S. 377Amendment I
- 1992Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pennsylvania v. Casey505 U.S. 833OverruledAmendment XIV, Section 1 · Amendment V
- 1994Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. v. Federal Communications Comm’n512 U.S. 622Amendment I
- 1995United States v. Lopez514 U.S. 549Article I, Section 8, Clause 3
- 1995U.S. Term Limits, Inc. v. Thornton514 U.S. 779Article I, Section 2, Clause 2 · Article I, Section 3, Clause 3 · Article I, Section 4, Clause 1
- 1995Rosenberger v. Rector & Visitors of the University of Virginia515 U.S. 819Amendment I
- 1996Loving v. United States517 U.S. 748Article I, Section 1, Clause 1
- 1997Agostini v. Felton521 U.S. 203Amendment I
- 1997Printz v. United States521 U.S. 898Amendment X · Article I, Section 8, Clause 18
- 1998Ohio Forestry Ass’n, Inc. v. Sierra Club523 U.S. 726Article III, Section 2, Clause 1
- 2000United States v. Morrison529 U.S. 598Amendment X · Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 · Article I, Section 8, Clause 3
- 2000Mitchell v. Helms530 U.S. 793Amendment I
- 2001Zadvydas v. Davis533 U.S. 678Amendment V · Article I, Section 8, Clause 18
- 2002Atkins v. Virginia536 U.S. 304Amendment VIII
- 2002Ring v. Arizona536 U.S. 584Amendment VI · Amendment VIII
- 2003Lawrence v. Texas539 U.S. 558Amendment XIV, Section 1 · Article III, Section 1, Clause 1
- 2003McConnell v. Federal Elections Comm’n540 U.S. 93OverruledAmendment I
- 2004Crawford v. Washington541 U.S. 36Amendment VI
- 2007James v. United States550 U.S. 192Overruled
- 2008Medellin v. Texas552 U.S. 491Article II, Section 2, Clause 2
- 2008District of Columbia v. Heller554 U.S. 570Amendment II
- 2010Presley v. Georgia558 U.S. 209Amendment VI
- 2010Citizens United v. Federal Election Comm’n558 U.S. 310Amendment I
- 2010McDonald v. City of Chicago561 U.S. 742Amendment XIV, Section 1 · Amendment II
- 2011Sykes v. United States564 U.S. 1Overruled
- 2012National Federation of Independent Business v. Sebelius567 U.S. 519Amendment X · Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 · Article I, Section 9, Clause 4
- 2013United States v. Windsor570 U.S. 744Amendment XIV, Section 1 · Article III, Section 2, Clause 1
- 2014Bond v. United States572 U.S. 844Article II, Section 2, Clause 2 · Article III, Section 2, Clause 1
- 2015Comptroller of the Treasury of Maryland v. Wynne575 U.S. 542Article I, Section 8, Clause 3
- 2015Zivotofsky v. Kerry576 U.S. 1Article II, Section 1, Clause 1 · Article II, Section 2, Clause 2
- 2015Kerry v. Din576 U.S. 86Article I, Section 8, Clause 18
- 2015Obergefell v. Hodges576 U.S. 644Amendment XIV, Section 1 · Amendment I
- 2017Sessions v. Morales-Santana582 U.S. 47Article I, Section 8, Clause 4
- 2018Trump v. Hawaii585 U.S. 667Amendment V · Article I, Section 8, Clause 18
- 2018Janus v. American Federation of State, County, & Municipal Employees, Council 31585 U.S. 878Amendment I
- 2019Rucho v. Common Cause588 U.S. 684Amendment XIV, Section 1 · Article I, Section 4, Clause 1 · Article III, Section 2, Clause 1
- 2020Seila Law LLC v. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau591 U.S. 197Article II, Section 1, Clause 1 · Article II, Section 2, Clause 2 · Article III, Section 2, Clause 1
- 2020Trump v. Mazars USA, LLP591 U.S. 848Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 · Article II, Section 3, Clause 1
- 2021Americans for Prosperity Foundation v. Bonta594 U.S. 595Amendment I
- 2022Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization597 U.S. 215Amendment XIV, Section 1 · Amendment IX
- 2022Kennedy v. Bremerton School District597 U.S. 507Amendment I
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