Supreme Court Cases

Question 1

Chief Justice: Plessy v. Ferguson

Answer 1

Melville Fuller

Question 2

Year: Plessy v. Ferguson

Answer 2

1896

Question 3

“Separate but equal”
“Constitution is color-blind”
Overturned by Brown vs The Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas

Answer 3

Plessy v. Ferguson

Question 4

Chief Justice: Marbury v. Madison

Answer 4

John Marshall

Question 5

Year: Marbury v. Madison

Answer 5

1803

Question 6

Case was dropped due to lack of jurisdiction. Judiciary Act of 1789 was deemed unconstitutional by the Supreme Court giving it power to repeal legislation.

Answer 6

Marbury v. Madison

Question 7

Chief Justice: Roe v. Wade

Answer 7

Warren Burger

Question 8

Year: Roe v. Wade

Answer 8

1973

Question 9

“Person” in the Constitution does not include the unborn.
State anti-abortion laws were removed as too vague.
Norma McCorvey, rape victim wanted an abortion.

Answer 9

Roe v. Wade

Question 10

Chief Justice: Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas

Answer 10

Earl Warren

Question 11

Year: Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas

Answer 11

1954

Question 12

Overturned “separate but equal”

Answer 12

Brown v. The Board of Education

Question 13

Chief Justice: McCulloch v. Maryland

Answer 13

John Marshall

Question 14

Year: McCulloch v. Maryland

Answer 14

1819

Question 15

States could not tax federal banks since “the power to tax was the power to destroy.”

Answer 15

McColluch v. Maryland

Question 16

Chief Justice: Baker v. Carr

Answer 16

Earl Warren

Question 17

Year: Baker v. Carr

Answer 17

1962

Question 18

“One man, one vote.”

Corrupt Tennessee election systems.

Answer 18

Baker v. Carr

Question 19

Chief Justice: Gideon v. Wainwright

Answer 19

Earl Warren

Question 20

Year: Gideon v. Wainwright

Answer 20

1963

Question 21

Breaking into a pool hall, not provided with an attorney.

Answer 21

Gideon v. Wainwright

Question 22

Chief Justice: Hammer v. Dagenhart

Answer 22

Edward Douglas White

Question 23

Year: Hammer v. Dagenhart

Answer 23

1918

Question 24

Keating-Own Act,

Federal Government cannot regulate child labor.

Answer 24

Hammer v. Dagenhart

Question 25

Chief Justice: Fletcher v. Peck

Answer 25

John Marshall

Question 26

Year: Fletcher v. Peck

Answer 26

1810

Question 27

Corrupt Georgian sale of land along the Yazoo river. | State legislature cannot repeal sales of property.

Answer 27

Fletcher v. Peck

Question 28

Chief Justice: Ex Parte Merryman

Answer 28

Roger Taney

Question 29

Year: Ex Parte Merryman

Answer 29

1861

Question 30

Case only heard by Chief Justice Roger Taney, ruled that President Lincoln had unconstitutionally repealed the right of haebus corpus. Lincoln ignored this.

Answer 30

Ex Parte Merryman