Supreme Court Cases Library
The National Constitution Center’s Supreme Court Cases Library includes materials on the most influential Supreme Court cases in American history. To ensure nonpartisan rigor and ideological diversity, we enlisted a pair of leading scholars from diverse constitutional perspectives—Caroline Fredrickson and Ilan Wurman—to help choose the landmark cases included in the Supreme Court Cases Library. The Supreme Court Cases Library also includes landmark cases curated by the National Constitution Center team.
Constitutional Topics
Kennedy v. Bremerton School District
597 U.S. __ (2022)
Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization
597 U.S. ___ (2022)
Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn v. Cuomo
592 U. S. __ (2020)
Our Lady of Guadalupe School v. Morrissey-Berru
591 U.S. __ (2020)
Espinoza v. Montana Dept. of Revenue
591 U.S. __ (2020)
Carpenter v. United States
585 U.S. ___ (2018)
Masterpiece Cakeshop, Ltd. v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission
584 U.S.__ (2018)
Obergefell v. Hodges
576 U.S. ___ (2015)
Zivotofsky v. Kerry
576 U.S. ___ (2015)
Town of Greece v. Galloway
572 U.S. 565 (2014)
Shelby County v. Holder
570 U.S. 529 (2013)
National Federation of Independent Business v. Sebelius
567 U.S. 519 (2012)
Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission
558 U.S. 310 (2010)
District of Columbia v. Heller
554 U.S. 570 (2008)
Lawrence v. Texas
539 U.S. 558 (2003)
Bush v. Gore
531 U.S. 98 (2000)
Printz v. United States
521 U.S. 898 (1997)
Washington v. Glucksberg
521 U.S. 702 (1997)
United States v. Virginia
518 U.S. 515 (1996)
United States v. Lopez
514 U.S. 549 (1995)
Employment Division v. Smith
494 U.S. 872 (1990)
Texas v. Johnson
491 U.S. 397 (1989)
Morrison v. Olson
487 U.S. 654 (1988)
Hazelwood School District v. Kuhlmeier
484 U.S. 260 (1988)
South Dakota v. Dole
483 U.S. 203 (1987)
Chevron U.S.A., Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc.
467 U.S. 837 (1984)
Lynch v. Donnelly
465 U.S. 668 (1984)
Harlow v. Fitzgerald
457 U.S. 800 (1982)
Regents of the University of California v. Bakke
438 U.S. 265 (1978)
United States v. Nixon (The Tapes Case)
418 U.S. 683 (1974)
Frontiero v. Richardson
411 U.S. 677 (1973)
Roe v. Wade
410 U.S. 113 (1973)
Wisconsin v. Yoder
406 U.S. 205 (1972)
New York Times Co. v. United States (The Pentagon Papers Case)
403 U.S. 713 (1971)
Brandenburg v. Ohio
395 U.S. 444 (1969)
Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District
393 U.S. 503 (1969)
Terry v. Ohio
392 U.S. 1 (1968)
Katz v. United States
389 U.S. 347 (1967)
Loving v. Virginia
388 U.S. 1 (1967)
Miranda v. Arizona
384 U.S. 436 (1966)
South Carolina v. Katzenbach
383 U.S. 301 (1966)
Griswold v. Connecticut
381 U.S. 479 (1965)
United States v. Seeger
380 U.S. 163 (1965)
Reynolds v. Sims
377 U.S. 533 (1964)
New York Times Company v. Sullivan
376 U.S. 254 (1964)
Sherbert v. Verner
374 U.S. 398 (1963)
Gideon v. Wainwright
372 U.S. 335 (1963)
Engel v. Vitale
370 U.S. 421 (1962)
Mapp v. Ohio
367 U.S. 643 (1961)
Sweezy v. New Hampshire
354 U.S. 234 (1957)
Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka
347 U.S. 483 (1954)
Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co. v. Sawyer (Steel Seizure Case)
343 U.S. 579 (1952)
Terminiello v. Chicago
337 U.S. 1 (1949)
Everson v. Board of Education of Ewing Township
330 U.S. 1 (1947)
Korematsu v. United States
323 U.S. 214 (1944)
West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette
319 U.S. 624 (1943)
Wickard v. Filburn
317 U.S. 111 (1942)
Thornhill v. Alabama
310 U.S. 88 (1940)
Erie Railroad Co. v. Tompkins
304 U.S. 64 (1938)
United States v. Carolene Products Co.
304 U.S. 144 (1938)
West Coast Hotel Co. v. Parrish
300 U.S. 379 (1937)
Crowell v. Benson
285 U.S. 22 (1932)
Stromberg v. California
283 U.S. 359 (1931)
Olmstead v. United States
277 U.S. 438 (1928)
Whitney v. California
274 U.S. 357 (1927)
Gitlow v. New York
268 U.S. 652 (1925)
Pierce v. Society of Sisters
268 U.S. 510 (1925)
Abrams v. United States
250 U.S. 616 (1919)
Schenck v. United States
249 U.S. 47 (1919)
Lochner v. New York
198 U.S. 45 (1905)
United States v. Wong Kim Ark
169 U.S. 649 (1898)
Plessy v. Ferguson
163 U.S. 537 (1896)
Chinese Exclusion Case—Chae Chan Ping v. United States
130 U.S. 581 (1889)
The Civil Rights Cases
109 U.S. 3 (1883)
Strauder v. West Virginia
100 U.S. 303 (1880)
Reynolds v. United States
98 U.S. 145 (1879)
Minor v. Happersett
88 U.S. 162 (1875)
Bradwell v. The State of Illinois
83 U.S. 130 (1873)
The Slaughter-House Cases
83 U.S. 36 (1873)
Dred Scott v. Sandford
60 U.S. 393 (1857)
McCulloch v. Maryland
17 U.S. 316 (1819)
Marbury v. Madison
5 U.S. 137 (1803)
