Wickard v. Filburn
Source: 317 U.S. 111 (1942), https://www.law.cornell.edu/supremecourt/text/317/111. Mr. Justice JACKSON delivered the opinion of the Court. … The appellee for many years past has owned and operated a small farm in […]
New State Ice Co. v. Liebmann
Source: 285 U.S. 262, https://www.law.cornell.edu/supremecourt/text/285/262. Mr. Justice BRANDEIS, dissenting. Chapter 147 of the Session Laws of Oklahoma 1925, declares that the manufacture of ice for sale and distribution is “a […]
The Civil Rights Cases
Source: 109 U.S. 3 (1883), https://www.law.cornell.edu/supremecourt/text/109/3 JUSTICE JOSEPH BRADLEY: It is obvious that the primary and important question in all the cases is the constitutionality of the law; for if […]
Slaughter-House Cases
Source: 83 U.S. (16 Wall.) 36 (1873), https://www.law.cornell.edu/supremecourt/text/83/36 Mr. Justice MILLER … delivered the opinion of the court. These cases are brought here by writs of error to the Supreme […]
Bowers v. Hardwick
BOWERS, ATTORNEY GENERAL OF GEORGIA v. HARDWICK ET AL. CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT After being charged with violating the Georgia statute criminalizing […]
Memorandum on Events of April 18, 1775
Paul Revere of Boston, in the Colony of Massachusetts Bay in New England; of Lawfull Age, doth testify and say, that I was sent for by Docr Joseph Warren, of […]
Ex Parte Merryman
Source: Merryman, John, and Taney, Roger Brooke. The Merryman Habeas Corpus Case, Baltimore: The Proceedings in Full, and Opinion of Chief Justice Taney, 6-16. United States: J. L. Power, 1861. […]
Adarand v. Pena Concurrence
SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES No. 93-1841 ADARAND CONSTRUCTORS, INC., PETITIONER v. FEDERICO PENA, SECRETARY OF TRANSPORTATION, ET AL. ON WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF […]
Buckley v. Valeo
II. REPORTING AND DISCLOSURE REQUIREMENTS Unlike the limitations on contributions and expenditures imposed by 18 U.S.C. 608 (1970 ed., Supp. IV), the disclosure requirements of the Act, 2 U.S.C. 431 […]
United States v. Nixon
Mr. Chief Justice Burger delivered the opinion of the Court. This litigation presents for review the denial of a motion, filed [on] behalf of the [President] in the case of […]