Choteau v. Burnet, 283 U.S. 691 (decided May 25, 1931): status as Native American does not excuse obligation to pay income tax on amounts...

re Shipp, 214 U.S. 386 (verdict rendered May 24, 1909): Only once has there been a criminal trial in the Supreme Court and this was it. ...

Rust v. Sullivan, 500 U.S. 173 (decided May 23, 1991): Congress can prohibit family planning agencies receiving federal funds from...

TC Heartland LLC v. Kraft Foods Group, 581 U.S. 258 (decided May 22, 2017): patent suit must be brought in defendant’s state of...

Bell Atlantic v. Twombly, 550 U.S. 544 (decided May 21, 2007): mere allegation of parallel conduct insufficient to state an antitrust...

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 Life...

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. --- (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, after being given Miranda warnings and riding in...

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 which holds that price fixing...