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Case Background
United States v. Cruikshank
In United States v. Cruikshank (1876), the U.S. Supreme Court made its first ruling on how the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution should be interpreted.
Plessy v. Ferguson Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) was a U.S. Supreme Court decision that upheld the "separate but equal" doctrine and reinforced the practice of racial segregation.
United States v. Wong Kim Ark
In United States v. Wong Kim Ark (1898), the U.S. Supreme Court established that a child born in the United States was a U.S. citizen on the basis of the Fourteenth Amendment, regardless of the parents' status.
Shelley v. Kraemer In 1948, the U.S. Supreme Court decided the case of Shelley v. Kraemer, in which the Court unanimously ruled that it was unconstitutional to enforce private agreements between neighbors that purported to forbid the sale of property to racial minorities.
Brown v. Board of Education
In Brown v. Board of Education (1954), the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the separate-but-equal doctrine to outlaw racial segregation in U.S. public schools.
Griswold v Connecticut
In Griswold v. Connecticut, the U.S. Supreme Court held for the first time that privacy is a constitutional right and that the use of birth control by married couples was covered by the right to privacy.
Loving v Virginia
The U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Loving v. Virginia struck down state laws that had banned interracial marriage.
