Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp. v. Albrecht, 587 U.S. 299 (decided May 20, 2019): drug manufacturer liable under state law failure to warn...

In re Whittington , 391 U.S. 341 (decided May 19, 1968): judge’s determination of juvenile as “delinquent” and therefore commitable to...

Plessy v. Ferguson , 163 U.S. 537 (decided May 18, 1896): the notorious “separate but equal” decision: segregated train cars are not...

Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka , 347 U.S. 483 (decided May 17, 1954): “separate is inherently unequal”, invalidating on Equal...

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...