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Established judicial review
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Marbury vs. Maryland 1803
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Allowed individuals the right to enter into a contract overturning Georgia law.
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Fletcher vs. Peck 1810
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State of New Hampshire couldn't revoke the college's colonial charter because it was a contract
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Dartmouth College vs. Woodward 1819
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Recognized the cherokee tribe as a political entity - Georgia couldn't regulate them or invade their land
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Worcester vs. Georgia 1832
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Ruled that African Americans were not citizens of the U.S. and declared the Missouri Compromise unconstitutional
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Dred Scott vs. Sanford 1857
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A state could not tax a national bank
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McCulloch vs. Maryland 1819
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Federal govt (not the state govt) had the power to regulate trade between the states
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Gibbons vs. Ogden 1824
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The nat'l govt could not punish someone for violating the civil rights of individuals
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U.S. vs. Cruikshank 1876
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Declared that the 15th amendment did not automatically protect the rights of blacks to vote - only listed ways they could not prevent them from voting
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U.S. vs. Reese 1876
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Said that states and fed govts could regulate railroad because they were businesses that served the public interest
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Munn vs. Illinois 1877
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Established "seperate but equal" stating that segregated facilities did not break the 14th amendment
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Plessy vs. Ferguson 1896
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A state could legally limit working hours for women - Oregon had establ. a maximum 10 hr working day for women
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Muller vs. Oregon 1908
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A ten-hr workday for men was upheld
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Bunting vs. Oregon 1917
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Segregation on interstate buses was unconsitutional
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Morgan v. Virginia 1946
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State law schools had to admit black students, even if seperate law schools for blacks existed
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Sweatt vs. Painter 1950
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