Important Supreme Court Cases in U.S. History

Case that made abortion legal

• Marbury v Madison

• Roe v Wade

• Worchester v Georgia

• Bakke v California

The Court ruled that slaves were not citizens and therefore could not file a law suit

• Plessy v Ferguson

• Roe v Wade

• Dred Scott v Sandford

• Miranda v Arizona

Case which said that race could be used as a factor in determining college admission and employment (Affirmative Action)

• Bakke v California

• Roe v Wade

• Marbury v Madison

• Brown v Board of Education

Established the precedent that the courts can determine the constitutionality of laws (Judicial Review)

• Worchester v Georgia

• Miranda v Arizon

• Dred Scott v Sandford

• Marbury v Madison

Case which established Separate but Equal. It supported the Jim Crow laws

• Plessy v Ferguson

• Marbury v Madison

• Roe v Wade

• Bakke v California

Ruling which said that a defendant must be informed of the right to consult with an attorney before and during questioning and of the right to remain silent

• Roe v Wade

• Dred Scott v Sandford

• Miranda v Arizaon

• Worchester v Georgia

Declared that the Cherokee Indians could stay on their land; however, Andrew Jackson defied the Court and removed them anyway (Trail of Tears)

• Miranda v Arizaon

• Worchester v Georgia

• Bakke v California

• Plessy v Ferguson

Ruled that "separate but equal was inherently unequal" and ordered the desegregation of schools

• Bakke v California

• MIranda v Arizona

• Roe v Wade

• Brown vs Board of Education