Illinois Central R.R. Co. v. McKendree, 203 U.S. 514 (decided December 17, 1906): Secretary of Agriculture can’t make a regulation (here,...

Greene v. Georgia, 519 U.S. 145 (decided December 16, 1996): state Supreme Court on direct appeal does not have to defer to trial judge’s...

Heien v. North Carolina, 574 U.S. 54 (decided December 15, 2014): police can stop you for something they think is illegal but actually...

Katzenback v. McClung, 379 U.S. 294 and Heart of Atlanta Motel v. United States, 379 U.S. 241 (both decided December 14, 1964): Congress...

United States v. Wheeler, 254 U.S. 281 (decided December 13, 1920): Constitutional right to travel (art. IV, §2) does not apply to state...

Bush v. Gore, 531 U.S. 98 (decided December 12, 2000): stopped the recount ordered by the Florida Supreme Court (though the Court had...

Texas v. Pennsylvania, 592 U.S. — (decided December 11, 2020): Texas has no standing to contest how other states conduct their elections...

Whole Women’s Health v. Jackson, 595 U.S. — (decided December 10, 2021): suit against abortion “bounty hunter” statute (Texas S. 8) can...

MacMath v. United States, 248 U.S. 151 (decided December 9, 1918): clerk employed as “acting U.S. weigher” at collection port not...

Chew Heong v. United States, 112 U.S. 536 (decided December 8, 1884): Chinese Exclusion Act (requiring certificate for entry) did not...

Campbell v. Holt, 115 U.S. 620 (decided December 7, 1885): new Texas constitution (which went into effect after Texas was readmitted into...

Palko v. Connecticut, 302 U.S. 319 (decided December 6, 1937): Fifth Amendment’s prohibition of double jeopardy did not apply to the...

<i>Lopez v. Gonzalez</i>, 549 U.S. 47 (decided December 5, 2006): felony under state law which is only a misdemeanor under federal law is...

New Jersey v. City of New York, 290 U.S. 237 (decided December 4, 1933): imposes penalties against NYC for not complying with earlier...

International Shoe v. Washington, 326 U.S. 310 (decided December 3, 1945): this case is (as my law professor put it) the “fountainhead”...

United States v. Stapf, 375 U.S. 118 (decided December 2, 1963): estate not entitled to marital tax deduction where will required widow’s...

Moore v. Illinois, 55 U.S. 13 (decided December 1, 1852): upholding Illinois statute criminalizing hiding an out-of-state slave (not...

Porter v. McCollum, 558 U.S. 30 (decided November 30, 2009): ineffective assistance of counsel where mental health effects of combat...

Commissioner v. Kowalski, 434 U.S. 77 (decided November 29, 1977): cash meal allowances to New Jersey police officers are taxable income...

United States v. P.G. Evans, 195 U.S. 361 (decided November 28, 1904): owner of land-anchored feature (lighthouse) can sue in admiralty...