Civic Literacy Court Cases Complete Questions And Answers Graded A+ Marbury v. Madison (1803) Correct Answer: Established judicial review/Supreme Courts role in the Government McCulloch v. Maryland (1819) Correct Answer: Granted congress powers to establish a national bank Gibbons v. Ogden (1824) Correct Answer: when a federal and state law are in conflict, the federal law is supreme Charles River Bridge v. Warren Bridge (1837) Correct Answer: Sup reme Court ruled that a charter granted by a State to a company cannot work to the disadvantage of the public. Private companies cannot injure the public welfare/prosperity of the community. Dred Scot v. Sanford (1857) Correct Answer: Established that sla ves are property Munn v. Illinois (1877) Correct Answer: Established that states may regulate privately owned businesses in the public's interest/set max rates Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) Correct Answer: Established that Jim Crow laws are constitutional under the doctrine "separate but equal" Lochner v. New York (1905) Correct Answer: Declared unconstitutional a New York act limiting the working hours of bakers du e to a denial of the 14th Amendment rights. 14th amendments bars a state from interfering with an employee's right to contract with an employer Schenck v. United States (1919) Correct Answer: Speech may be punished if it creates a clear -and-present -danger test of illegal acts. handing out anti -war literature in time or war. Near v. Minnesota (1931) Correct Answer: protected the freedom of press at a state level West Coast Hotel v. Parrish (1937) Correct Answer: upheld a minimum wage law for women on the ground that a business is a social institution. end of the Lochner era Brown v. Board of Education (1954) Correct Answer: The Supreme Court overruled Plessy v. Ferguson, declared that racially segregated facilities are inherently unequal and ordered all p ublic schools desegregated. the end of "separate but equal" Mapp v. Ohio (1961) Correct Answer: illegally obtained evidence cannot be used in court
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