C963 - Court Cases Exam Questions
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What is the outcome and significance of Marbury v. Madison (1803)? - ✔✔Supreme
Court declared that Judiciary Act of 1789 conflicted with the U.S. Constitution, thus
establishing the principle of judicial review.
What is the outcome and significance of Dred Scott v. Sandford (1856)? - ✔✔Court
declared slave could not bring suit against his owner as a non-U.S. citizen and that
relevant parts of the Missouri Compromise were unconstitutional.
What is the outcome and significance of Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)? - ✔✔Court refused
appeal of man convicted of sitting in a whites-only railroad car in Louisiana, stating law
was not in violation of the equal protection principle because cars were separate but
equal.
What is the outcome and significance of United States v. Miller (1939)? - ✔✔Court
upheld National Firearms Act of 1934 prohibition of sawed-off shotguns, largely on
basis that possession of such a gun was not related to promoting a "well regulated
militia."
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, What is the outcome and significance of Korematsu v. United States (1944)? - ✔✔Court
upheld actions of the government in moving Japanese to interment camps during WWII
as a necessary precaution in a time of war.
What is the outcome and significance of Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka (1954)?
- ✔✔Challenged the principle of "separate but equal." Case determined the existence of
racially segregated public schools violated the equal protection clause of the Fourteenth
Amendment.
What is the outcome and significance of Mapp v. Ohio (1961)? - ✔✔First established in
1914 on a federal level in Weeks v. United States, Court decided evidence obtained
without a warrant, with few exceptions, could not be used as evidence in a state
criminal trial.
What is the outcome and significance of Gideon v. Wainwright (1963)? - ✔✔Upon
appeal of a man found guilty after being denied a public defender, Supreme Court
declared Sixth Amendment requires those facing felony criminal charges be supplied
with legal representation.
What is the outcome and significance of Sherbert v. Verner (1963)? - ✔✔In this case the
Supreme Court ruled that states could not deny unemployment benefits to an
individual who turned down a job because it required working on the Sabbath.
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What is the outcome and significance of Marbury v. Madison (1803)? - ✔✔Supreme
Court declared that Judiciary Act of 1789 conflicted with the U.S. Constitution, thus
establishing the principle of judicial review.
What is the outcome and significance of Dred Scott v. Sandford (1856)? - ✔✔Court
declared slave could not bring suit against his owner as a non-U.S. citizen and that
relevant parts of the Missouri Compromise were unconstitutional.
What is the outcome and significance of Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)? - ✔✔Court refused
appeal of man convicted of sitting in a whites-only railroad car in Louisiana, stating law
was not in violation of the equal protection principle because cars were separate but
equal.
What is the outcome and significance of United States v. Miller (1939)? - ✔✔Court
upheld National Firearms Act of 1934 prohibition of sawed-off shotguns, largely on
basis that possession of such a gun was not related to promoting a "well regulated
militia."
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, What is the outcome and significance of Korematsu v. United States (1944)? - ✔✔Court
upheld actions of the government in moving Japanese to interment camps during WWII
as a necessary precaution in a time of war.
What is the outcome and significance of Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka (1954)?
- ✔✔Challenged the principle of "separate but equal." Case determined the existence of
racially segregated public schools violated the equal protection clause of the Fourteenth
Amendment.
What is the outcome and significance of Mapp v. Ohio (1961)? - ✔✔First established in
1914 on a federal level in Weeks v. United States, Court decided evidence obtained
without a warrant, with few exceptions, could not be used as evidence in a state
criminal trial.
What is the outcome and significance of Gideon v. Wainwright (1963)? - ✔✔Upon
appeal of a man found guilty after being denied a public defender, Supreme Court
declared Sixth Amendment requires those facing felony criminal charges be supplied
with legal representation.
What is the outcome and significance of Sherbert v. Verner (1963)? - ✔✔In this case the
Supreme Court ruled that states could not deny unemployment benefits to an
individual who turned down a job because it required working on the Sabbath.
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