United States v. Lane Motor Co. , 344 U.S. 630 (decided February 9, 1953): truck used solely to commute to illegal distillery is not...

Irvine v. California , 347 U.S. 128 (decided February 8, 1953): state (though not federal government) can use illegal means to obtain...

Tee-Hit-Ton Indians v. United States , 348 U.S. 272 (decided February 7, 1955): Alaskan tribe could not recover from United States value...

District of Columbia v. Gallaher , 124 U.S. 505 (decided February 6, 1888): District of Columbia is bound by post-contract modifications...

Queen v. Hepburn , 11 U.S. 290 (decided February 5, 1813): Marshall holds that while hearsay can support a claim to property (for example...

Dice v. Akron, Canton & Youngstown R.R. Co. , 342 U.S. 359 (decided February 4, 1952): release of personal injury defendant sued under...

Germany v. Philipp , 592 U.S. 518 (decided February 3, 2021): Foreign Sovereignty Immunities Act barred suit in U.S. courts by Holocaust...

Dartmouth College v. Woodward , 17 U.S. 518 (decided February 2, 1819): state attempt to change existing charter of college to turn it...

Marbury v. Madison , 5 U.S. 137 (decided February 1, 1803): Marshall rules that the Court has no original jurisdiction to enforce a...

Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers v. Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific R.R. Co. , 382 U.S. 423 (decided January 31, 1966): Arkansas...

Southern Pacific Co. v. Gallagher , 306 U.S. 167 (decided January 30, 1939): California’s Use Tax did not violate Dormant Commerce Clause...

Marchetti v. United States , 390 U.S. 39 (decided January 29, 1968): I didn’t know until I read this case that something can be against...

Gold v. United States , 352 U.S. 985 (decided January 28, 1957): defendant on trial for filing false affidavit stating he was not...

Adair v. United States , 208 U.S. 161 (decided January 27, 1908): Congress cannot criminalize sacking an interstate carrier employee for...

Crawford v. Nashville , 555 U.S. 271 (decided January 26, 2009): Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 forbids retaliation against an...

Montgomery v. Louisiana , 577 U.S. 190 (decided January 25, 2016): Miller v. Alabama , 2012, declaring that life without parole for...

Springer v. United States , 102 U.S. 586 (decided January 24, 1881): upholding federal income tax because it was not a “direct tax” such...

United States v. Jones , 565 U.S. 400 (decided January 23, 2012): attaching a GPS device to suspected drug dealer’s vehicle (actually his...

Roe v. Wade , 410 U.S. 113 (decided January 22, 1973): balancing interests of the state vs. privacy interest of mother, invalidates...

Citizens United v. Federal Election Comm’n , 558 U.S. 310 (decided January 21, 2010): Court disallows on First Amendment grounds any...