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Citation473 U.S. 432 (1985) Brief Fact Summary. A Texas city denied a special use permit for the operation of a…

City of Boerne v. Flores

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Citation521 U.S. 507 (1997) Brief Fact Summary. A decision by local zoning authorities to deny a church a building permit…

Buck v. Bell

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Citation274 U.S. 200 (1927) Brief Fact Summary. A Virginia law provided for the forced sterilization of mentally disabled people.  …

Brown v. Board of Education

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Citation347 U.S. 483 (1954) Brief Fact Summary. Minors of the Negro race, through their legal representatives, seek the aid of…

Bowsher v. Synar

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Citation. 478 U.S. 714 1986 Brief Fact Summary. Congress passed an Act to reduce the federal budget deficit. The Act authorized the President to…

Boumediene v. Bush

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Citation553 U.S. 723 (2008) Brief Fact Summary. Petitioners were designated as enemy combatants and detained at Guantanamo Bay. The procedures…

Bond v. United States

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Citation134 S. Ct. 2077 (2014) Brief Fact Summary. Defendant was charged under the Chemical Weapons Convention Implementation Act of 1998 for possessing…

Baker v. Carr

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Citation369 U.S. 186 (1962) Brief Fact Summary. Complainants challenged the constitutionality of an apportionment statute.   Synopsis of Rule of…

Alden v. Maine

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Zivotofsky v. Kerry

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