Case name
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Citation
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Summary
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United States v. Phellis
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257 U.S. 156 (1921)
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shares in a subsidiary corporation issued to stockholders in the parent corporation considered taxable income
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Leser v. Garnett
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258 U.S. 130 (1922)
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constitutionality of Nineteenth Amendment
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Balzac v. Porto Rico
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258 U.S. 298 (1922)
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sometimes considered one of the Insular Cases
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United States v. Moreland
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258 U.S. 433 (1922)
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Fifth Amendment, hard labor in prison
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Child Labor Tax Case
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259 U.S. 20 (1922)
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docket title Bailey v. Drexel Furniture Co., found the Child Labor Tax Law of 1919 was not a valid use of Congress' power under the Taxing and Spending Clause
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Hill v. Wallace
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259 U.S. 44 (1922)
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use of congressional taxing power under the Taxing and Spending Clause; relationship to Commerce Clause
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Federal Baseball Club v. National League
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259 U.S. 200 (1922)
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baseball and antitrust regulation
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Wyoming v. Colorado
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259 U.S. 419 (1922)
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whether Colorado could divert water from the Laramie River, an interstate stream system
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Takao Ozawa v. United States
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260 U.S. 178 (1922)
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naturalization and race (Japanese-American)
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Pennsylvania Coal Co. v. Mahon
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260 U.S. 393 (1922)
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Substantive Due Process, Takings clause of the Fifth Amendment
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Moore v. Dempsey
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261 U.S. 86 (1923)
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mob-dominated trials, federal writ of habeas corpus, due process
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United States v. Bhagat Singh Thind
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261 U.S. 204 (1923)
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naturalization and race (Indian-American)
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Adkins v. Children's Hospital
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261 U.S. 525 (1923)
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freedom of contract, minimum wage laws
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Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Co. v. United States
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261 U.S. 592 (1923)
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creation of implied-in-fact contracts
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Board of Trade of City of Chicago v. Olsen
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262 U.S. 1 (1923)
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constitutionality of the Grain Futures Act under the Commerce Clause
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Meyer v. Nebraska
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262 U.S. 390 (1923)
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constitutionality of law prohibiting teaching of foreign languages; substantive due process
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Frothingham v. Mellon
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262 U.S. 447 (1923)
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rejection of taxpayer standing
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Rindge Co. v. County of Los Angeles
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262 U.S. 700 (1923)
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eminent domain and the building of a scenic road
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Rooker v. Fidelity Trust Co.
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263 U.S. 413 (1923)
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review of state court decisions by U.S. District Courts
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Chung Fook v. White
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264 U.S. 443 (1924)
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Interpretation of Immigration Act of 1917; marked end of era of strict plain meaning interpretation of statutes
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United States v. Ninety-Five Barrels (More or Less) Alleged Apple Cider Vinegar
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265 U.S. 438 (1924)
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legality of misleading but factually accurate packaging statements under the Pure Food and Drug Act
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Carroll v. United States
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267 U.S. 132 (1925)
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whether police searches of automobiles without a warrant violate the Fourth Amendment
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Samuels v. McCurdy
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267 U.S. 188 (1925)
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Whether the ban on continued possession of previously legal contraband (alcohol in this case) constitutes an ex post facto law
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George W. Bush & Sons Co. v. Maloy
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267 U.S. 317 (1925)
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Dormant Commerce Clause; states are not permitted to regulate common carriers engaged in interstate commerce on state highways
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Linder v. United States
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268 U.S. 5 (1925)
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prosecution of physicians under the Harrison Narcotics Tax Act
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Irwin v. Gavit
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268 U.S. 161 (1925)
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taxation of income from a trust
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Pierce v. Society of Sisters
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268 U.S. 510 (1925)
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school choice, parochial schools
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Gitlow v. New York
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268 U.S. 652 (1925)
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prosecution of seditious speech
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Bowers v. Kerbaugh-Empire Co.
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271 U.S. 170 (1926)
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taxation of reduced loss on exchanged currency
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Corrigan v. Buckley
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271 U.S. 323 (1926)
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private racially restrictive covenants
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Myers v. United States
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272 U.S. 52 (1926)
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Presidential authority to remove executive branch officials
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Village of Euclid, Ohio v. Ambler Realty Co.
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272 U.S. 365 (1926)
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zoning, due process
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United States v. General Electric Co.
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272 U.S. 476 (1926)
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patentee who grants a single license to a competitor to manufacture the patented product may lawfully fix the price at which the licensee may sell the product
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Farrington v. Tokushige
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273 U.S. 284 (1927)
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constitutionality of anti-foreign language statute in the Territory of Hawaii under the due process clause of the Fifth Amendment
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Nixon v. Herndon
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273 U.S. 536 (1927)
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challenging the white primaries in Texas
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Harmon v. Tyler
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273 U.S. 668 (1927)
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residential segregation based on race is a violation of the Fourteenth Amendment
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Buck v. Bell
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274 U.S. 200 (1927)
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compulsory sterilization, eugenics
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Hess v. Pawloski
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274 U.S. 352 (1927)
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consent to in personam jurisdiction
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Whitney v. California
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274 U.S. 357 (1927)
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prosecution of criminal syndicalism
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Lum v. Rice
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275 U.S. 78 (1927)
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allowed states to exclude Chinese/minority students from schools reserved for whites
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New Mexico v. Texas
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275 U.S. 279 (1927)
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determination of the border between New Mexico and Texas
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Miller v. Schoene
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276 U.S. 272 (1928)
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Substantive due process, takings clause
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Black and White Taxicab Co. v. Brown and Yellow Taxicab Co.
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276 U.S. 518 (1928)
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what law is to be applied when courts sit in diversity jurisdiction
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Olmstead v. United States
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277 U.S. 438 (1928)
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admissibility of illegally obtained phone wiretaps as evidence
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Wisconsin v. Illinois
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278 U.S. 367 (1930)
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federal power over state interests, Chicago Sanitary Canal
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Taft v. Bowers
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278 U.S. 470 (1929)
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taxation of a gift of shares of stock under the Sixteenth Amendment (Chief Justice Taft did not participate)
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United States v. Schwimmer
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279 U.S. 644 (1929)
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denial of naturalization to a pacifist, overruled by Girouard v. United States (1946)
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Pocket Veto Case
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279 U.S. 655 (1929)
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constitutionality of the pocket veto
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Old Colony Trust Co. v. Commissioner
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279 U.S. 716 (1929)
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third-party payment of income tax, effect of Revenue Act of 1926
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