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• Landmark First Amendment Case One, Inc. v. Olesen Decided, 1958

  From:Historic U.S. Events

  2022973 words Case overview 1290LEric Julber, attorney for One magazine in One, Inc. v. Olesen. Otto K. Olesen, postmaster of Los Angeles, defendant in One, Inc. v. Olesen. In 1958, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in favor of One, the nation's first...

• Ruling in Janus v. AFSCME Determines that Non-Union Members Cannot Be Obligated to Pay Union Dues, June 27, 2018

  From:Historic U.S. Events

  2022969 words Case overview 1480LMark Janus, plaintiff in Janus v. AFSCME On June 27, 2018, the Supreme Court ruled 5–4 that non-union members cannot be required to pay fees to cover the costs of collective bargaining, even if they benefit from the...

• Schenck v. United States

  Author:Mark A. GraberFrom:American Governance (Vol. 5. )

  2016682 words Case overview 1250LSchenck v. United States, 249 U.S. 47 ( Charles Schenck, the petitioner in Schenck, was a prominent member of the Socialist Party who was arrested during World War I for passing out pamphlets urging resistance to the...

• Brandenburg v. Ohio

  Author:Howard SchweberFrom:American Governance (Vol. 1. )

  20161,437 words Case overview 1460LBrandenburg v. Ohio, 395 U.S. 444 ( The constitutional protection of a right to freedom of speech and other forms of expression really begins in 1919. Prior to that time, from the adoption of the Constitution until the...

• Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission

  Author:John KincaidFrom:American Governance (Vol. 1. )

  20161,395 words Case overview 1450LThe US Supreme Court's 5–4 ruling in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, 558 U.S. ___ ( In January 2008, Citizens United, a nonprofit advocacy group, distributed a ninety-minute documentary film titled...

• Abrams v. United States

  Author:Mark A. GraberFrom:American Governance (Vol. 1. )

  20161,396 words Case overview 1410LAbrams v. United States, 250 U.S. 616 ( Schenck v. United States, 249 U.S. 47 ( Abrams was the first instance in which any Supreme Court justice cast a vote to protect political dissent. Whether and why Holmes became...

• Witters v. Washington Department of Services for the Blind, 474 U.S. 481 (1986)

  Author:Harry G. HutchisonFrom:Encyclopedia of the Supreme Court of the United States (Vol. 5. )

  2008563 words Case overview 1420LWitters v. Washington Department of Services for the Blind, 474 U.S. 481 (1986) considered constitutionally permissible limits on state financial aid in the form of tuition assistance to disabled individuals, when those...

• City of Boerne v. Flores

  Author:Mark A. GraberFrom:American Governance (Vol. 1. )

  20161,467 words Case overview 1510LIn City of Boerne v. Flores, 521 U.S. 507 ( Employment Division v. Smith, 494 U.S. 872 ( City of Boerne v. Flores arose when the city officials in Boerne, Texas, refused to grant Archbishop P. F. Flores permission to...

• Sherbert v. Verner, 374 U.S. 398 (1963)

  Author:Frank S. RavitchFrom:Encyclopedia of the Supreme Court of the United States (Vol. 4. )

  2008652 words Case overview 1300LSherbert v. Verner, 374 U.S. 398 (1963) arose in the state of South Carolina. Adeil Sherbert was discharged by her employer because her Seventh-Day Adventist faith precluded her from working on Saturdays. She then sought...

• Church of the Lukumi Babalu Aye v. City of Hialeah, 508 U.S. 520 (1993)

  Author:Thomas C. BergFrom:Encyclopedia of the Supreme Court of the United States (Vol. 1. )

  20081,827 words Case overview 1530LIn Church of the Lukumi Babalu Aye v. City of Hialeah, 508 U.S. 520 (1993), the Supreme Court unanimously ruled that the city of Hialeah, Florida, violated the First Amendment's free exercise clause when it banned the...

• Everson v. Board of Education, 330 U.S. 1 (1947)

  Author:Bruce J. DierenfieldFrom:Encyclopedia of the Supreme Court of the United States (Vol. 2. )

  2008556 words Case overview 1380LEverson v. Board of Education, 330 U.S. 1 (1947) marks the beginning of U.S. Supreme Court jurisprudence on the First Amendment's establishment clause as it applies to the states through the incorporation doctrine. A...

• Zelman v. Simmons-Harris, 536 U.S. 639 (2002)

  Author:Michael W. McConnellFrom:Encyclopedia of the Supreme Court of the United States (Vol. 5. )

  2008554 words Case overview 1560LIn Zelman v. Simmons-Harris, 536 U.S. 639 (2002) the U.S. Supreme Court held that a state can give tuition aid in the form of vouchers to parents who choose to enroll their children in private schools, whether secular or...

• Marsh v. Chambers, 463 U.S. 783 (1983)

  Author:Michael W. McConnellFrom:Encyclopedia of the Supreme Court of the United States (Vol. 3. )

  2008569 words Case overview 1460LIn Marsh v. Chambers, 463 U.S. 783 (1983), the U.S. Supreme Court upheld Nebraska's practice of opening its legislative sessions with a chaplain's prayer. The chaplain, Presbyterian minister Robert E. Palmer, had served...

• Wolman v. Walter, 433 U.S. 229 (1977)

  Author:Kevin McElroyFrom:Encyclopedia of the Supreme Court of the United States (Vol. 5. )

  20081,195 words Case overview 1510LIn Wolman v. Walter, 433 U.S. 229 (1977) a divided Court addressed the issue of the constitutionality of state aid to religious schools under the establishment clause of the First Amendment. The Court reviewed the test...

• Mueller v. Allen, 463 U.S. 388 (1983)

  Author:Michael CoulterFrom:Encyclopedia of the Supreme Court of the United States (Vol. 3. )

  2008553 words Case overview 1460LMueller v. Allen, 463 U.S. 388 (1983) concerned a Minnesota law that permitted parents to deduct from the total income subject to state income tax the amount that they spent on “tuition, textbooks and transportation” for...

• Cantwell v. Connecticut, 310 U.S. 296 (1940)

  Author:Russell L. WeaverFrom:Encyclopedia of the Supreme Court of the United States (Vol. 1. )

  2008612 words Case overview 1440LCantwell v. Connecticut, 310 U.S. 296 (1940) is extremely important to the landscape of U.S. constitutional law. The facts of the case are interesting, but relatively straightforward. Newton Cantwell, along with his sons...

• Lynch v. Donnelly, 465 U.S. 668 (1984)

  Author:Patrick M. GarryFrom:Encyclopedia of the Supreme Court of the United States (Vol. 3. )

  2008621 words Case overview 1520LIn Lynch v. Donnelly, 465 U.S. 668 (1984) the Supreme Court held that the City of Pawtucket, Rhode Island, did not violate the establishment clause by including a crèche in its annual Christmas display. This was the...

• Santa Fe Independent School District v. Doe, 530 U.S. 290 (2000)

  Author:Kevin R. den DulkFrom:Encyclopedia of the Supreme Court of the United States (Vol. 4. )

  2008586 words Case overview 1420LSanta Fe Independent School District v. Doe, 530 U.S. 290 (2000) addressed the constitutionality of a public school policy that enabled (though did not require) students to solemnize athletic events through prayer. By a...

• Locke v. Davey, 540 U.S. 712 (2004)

  Author:Kathleen A. BerginFrom:Encyclopedia of the Supreme Court of the United States (Vol. 3. )

  2008657 words Case overview 1450LLocke v. Davey, 540 U.S. 712 (2004) involved a challenge to Washington State's Promise Scholarship Program, which provided financial assistance to qualified postsec-ondary students. Under a state constitutional provision...

• Wisconsin v. Yoder, 406 U.S. 205 (1972)

  Author:Carol WeisbrodFrom:Encyclopedia of the Supreme Court of the United States (Vol. 5. )

  2008809 words Case overview 1390LMembers of the Old Order Amish and the Conservative Amish Mennonite Church are a familiar feature of the American landscape. Originating in the left wing of the Protestant Reformation, the Amish-Mennonites faced...