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| Established the court's right to judicial review and the idea of balance of powers. |
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| A state cannot arbitrarily interfere with a person's property rights. (Peck had tried to sell Fletcher land that did not legally belong to him) |
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| Dartmouth College v. Woodward |
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| The state of New Hampshire did not have the power to change the college from private to public. It freed corporations from the states which created them |
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| Upheld the power of Congress to charter a bank as a government agency, and denied the state the power to tax that agency. |
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| Ruled that only the fed. gov. has authority over interstate commerce |
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| Cherokee Nation v. Georgia |
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| Ruled that Indians were "dependent domestic nations" that could be regulated by the fed. gov. |
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| Tribes had exclusive authority within their own boundaries, but President Jackson and the state of Georgia ignored the ruling |
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| Charles River Bridge v. Warren Bridge |
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| The CRB company protested when the WB company was authorized to build a free bridge where it already had a toll bridge. Court ruled that the WB company had the right to be there. |
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| Strikes for a closed shop are legal. Unions not responsible for illegal acts of members |
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| Ruled that the Missouri slave could not sue for his freedom because he was not a citizen, he was property |
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| ruled that military trials of civilians were illegal unless the civil courts are inoperative or the region is under martial law |
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| State had the power to regulate business. Interstate Commerce Commision could regulate prices |
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| states can control trade in their own states, but cannot control railroads coming through them. Only Congress can. |
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| E.C. Knight company's monopoly on sugar was legal. The company could not be controlled by the government. |
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| Found Eugene Debs guilty for organizing the Pullman Strike |
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| Pollock v. Farmer's Loan and Trust Company |
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| called for passage of 16th Amendment, (taxation of income) |
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| established the idea of seperate but equal facilities |
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| gave women special protection in the workplace |
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| Adkins v. Children's Hospital |
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| overturned Muller v. Oregon. Hospital fired employees because it did not want to pay them the minimum wage required for women |
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| Schecter Poultry Corp. v. US |
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| declared NIRA unconstitutional |
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| declared AAA unconstitutional |
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| NLRB v. Jones and Laughlin Steel Corp. |
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| upheld the Wagner Act, ensuring the right to unionize |
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| Brown v. Board of Educ of Topeka, Kansas |
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| overruled Plessy v. Ferguson, declared segregation unconstitutional |
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| defendents criminal cases are entitled to legal counsel, even if they can't afford it |
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| police officers must inform persons they arrest of their rights: right to remain silent, right to counsel during interrogation, etc. |
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| A state may not prevent a woman from having an abortion during the first 3 months of pregnancy |
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| Bakke v. Board of Regents, U. of California at Davis |
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| Barred colleges from admitting students solely on the basis of race, but race could still be ONE of the considerations |
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