California v. Greenwood , 486 U.S. 35 (decided May 16, 1988): police can search garbage left out by the curb without a warrant Mutual...

United States v. Miller , 307 U.S. 174 (decided May 15, 1939): Second Amendment guarantees only right to keep and bear arms in...

Frontiero v. Richardson , 411 U.S. 677 (decided May 14, 1973): gender is a “suspect class” so any discrimination is subject to “strict...

Apple v. Pepper , 587 U.S. 273 (decided May 13, 2019): purchasers of apps at App Store are direct purchasers and therefore can sue Apple...

Rhode Island v. Innis , 446 U.S. 291 (decided May 12, 1980): Armed robbery defendant locked in back of police car, after being given...

Smith v. Texas , 233 U.S. 630 (decided May 11, 1914): Texas statute restricting employment as a conductor to those who have already been...

Yick Wo v. Hopkins , 118 U.S. 356 (decided May 10, 1886): Fourteenth Amendment violated by ordinance allowing denial without recourse of...

Andersen v. United States , 170 U.S. 481 (decided May 9, 1898): Upholding conviction of sailor for shooting crewmember and pushing him...

United States v. Ju Toy , 198 U.S. 253 (decided May 8, 1905): person of Chinese descent contesting deportation not entitled to judicial...

Kelly v. United States , 590 U.S. 391 (decided May 7, 2020): The famous “blocked lanes on the GW Bridge” case which did such political...

United States v. Socony-Vacuum Oil Co. , 310 U.S. 150 (decided May 6, 1940): important antitrust case holding that price fixing...

Town of Greece, N.Y. v. Galloway , 572 U.S. 565 (decided May 5, 2014): opening town board meetings with almost inevitably Christian...

Flores-Figueroa v. United States , 556 U.S. 646 (decided May 4, 2009): immigrant gave employer fake green card but the number on it...

Shelley v. Kraemer , 334 U.S. 1 (decided May 3, 1948): the first case invalidating “restrictive covenants” prohibiting black people from...

Buck v. Bell , 274 U.S. 200 (decided May 2, 1927): the infamous “three generations of imbeciles are enough” case, opinion by Holmes...

Knox v. Lee (Legal Tender Cases) , 79 U.S. 457 (decided May 1, 1871): forcing creditors to accept new (paper) money for preexisting debts...

Bad Elk v. United States , 177 U.S. 529 (decided April 30, 1900): Kid shot a gun into the air for fun. Tribal policeman (his cousin) had...

Niz-Chavez v. Garland , 593 U.S. 155 (decided April 29, 2021): “notice to appear” served on people subject to deportation (and which...

Crawford v. Marion County Election Board , 553 U.S. 181 (decided April 28, 2008): Indiana law requiring photo ID to vote did not violate...

AT&T Mobility LLC v. Concepcion , 563 U.S. 333 (decided April 27, 2011): Federal Arbitration Act preempts California common law rule...