Landmark Cases

Here is a list of selected Landmark Cases from the US Supreme Court between 1801 and 2005 organized by Chief Justice.

Marshall Court (1801-1835)

  • Marbury v. Madison (1803)
  • Trustees of Dartmouth College v. Woodward (1819)
  • McCulloch v. Maryland (1819)

Taney Court (1835-1864)

Chase Court (1864-1873)

  • Ex parte Milligan (1866)
  • Legal Tender Cases (1869-71)
  • Slaughterhouse Cases (1873)

Waite Court (1874-1888)

Fuller Court (1888-1910)

White Court (1910-1921)

  • Schenck v. US (1919)
  • Debs v. US (1919)
  • Abrams v. US (1919)

Taft Court (1921-1930)

  • Gong Lum v. Rice (1927)
  • Olmstead v. US (1928)

Hughes Court (1930-1941)

  • US v. Curtiss-Wright Export Corp (1936)
  • NLRB v. Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp (1937)
  • US v. Miller (1939)

Stone Court (1941-1946)

Vinson Court (1946-1953)

Warren Court (1953-1969)

  • Brown v. Board of Education (1954)
  • Brown v. Board of Education II (1955)
  • Gayle v. Browder (1956)
  • Yates v. US (1957)
  • Cooper v. Aaron (1958)
  • Mapp v. Ohio (1961)
  • Baker v. Carr (1962)
  • Engel v. Vitale (1962)
  • Gideon v. Wainwright (1963)
  • Abington School District v. Schempp (1963)
  • New York Times v. Sullivan (1964)
  • Reynolds v. Sims (1964)
  • Escobedo v. Illinois (1964)
  • Miranda v. Arizona (1966)
  • Loving v. Virginia (1967)

Burger Court (1969-1986)

  • Griggs v. Duke Power Co (1971)
  • Flood v. Kuhn (1972)
  • Furman v. George (1972)
  • Roe v. Wade (1973)
  • San Antonio Independent School District v. Rodriguez (1973)
  • Miller v. California (1973)
  • US v. Nixon (1974)
  • Buckley v. Valeo (1976)
  • Bowers v. Hardwick (1986)

Rehnquist Court (1986-2005)

  • Texas v. Johnson (1989)
  • Bush v. Gore (2000)