Gibbons v. Ogden

4 years ago

Citation. 22 U.S. (9 Wheat.) 1 (1824) Brief Fact Summary. The state courts enjoined Gibbons from using any steamboats in navigating the…

Gertz v. Robert Welch, Inc.

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Citation418 U.S. 323 (1974) Brief Fact Summary. Petitioner sued a newspaper company for publishing defamatory falsehoods about him.   Synopsis…

Garcia v. San Antonio Metropolitan Transit Authority

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Citation469 U.S. 528 (1985) Brief Fact Summary. The San Antonio Metropolitan Transit Authority challenged the minimum-wage and overtime requirements of the Fair Labor…

Garcetti v. Ceballos

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Citation547 U.S. 410 (2006) Brief Fact Summary. Respondent argues that the memos he had created as a district attorney are…

Frontiero v. Richardson

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Citation411 U.S. 677 (1973) Brief Fact Summary. Appellants argue that classifications based on sex, like classifications based on race, alienage, and national…

Flast v. Cohen

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Citation392 U.S. 83 (1968) Brief Fact Summary. Appellants filed suit in the district court to enjoin the allegedly unconstitutional expenditure of federal…

Ex parte Young

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Citation209 U.S. 123 (1908) Brief Fact Summary. Stockholders of the railroads in Minnesota challenged the state law that provided substantial…

Ex Parte McCardle

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Citation. 74 U.S. (7 Wall). 506 (1869) Brief Fact Summary. The petitioner, held in custody by military authority for trial…

Employment Division, Department of Human Resources v. Smith

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Citation494 U.S. 872 (1990) Brief Fact Summary. The respondents challenged the state practice of including religiously inspired peyote use within the reach…

District of Columbia v. Heller

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Citation554 U.S. 570 (2008) Brief Fact Summary. Respondent challenged the District of Columbia’s prohibition on the possession of usable handguns in the…