This eBook contains concise, straightforward summaries, analyzing and explaining groundbreaking court cases on the issue of civil rights and equal protection.

Table of Contents

• Preface
• Entries
• Civil Rights and Equal Protection Cases in the Supreme Court
• United States v. Libellants and Claimants of the Schooner Amistad
• Jones v. Van Zandt
• Dred Scott v. Sandford
• Bradwell v. Illinois
• United States v. Cruikshank et al.
• Strauder v. West Virginia
• Civil Rights Cases of 1883
• Yick Wo v. Hopkins
• United States v. Jung Ah Lung
• Chae Chan Ping v. United States
• Plessy v. Ferguson
• Williams v. State of Mississippi
• United States v. Wong Kim Ark
• Cumming v. Richmond County Board of Education
• Guinn and Beal v. United States
• Buchanan v. Warley
• Corrigan v. Buckley
• Nixon v. Herndon
• Buck v. Bell
• Norris v. Alabama
• Grovey v. Townsend
• Missouri ex rel. Gaines v. Canada
• Lane v. Wilson
• United States v. Classic
• Skinner v. State of Oklahoma ex rel. Williamson, Atty. Gen. of Oklahoma
• Hirabayashi v. United States
• Smith v. Allwright
• Korematsu v. United States
• Colegrove v. Green
• Shelley v. Kraemer
• Sweatt v. Painter
• Terry v. Adams
• Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas
• Trop v. Dulles
• Cooper v. Aaron
• Lassiter v. Northampton County Board of Elections
• Gomillion v. Lightfoot
• Hoyt v. Florida
• Burton v. Wilmington Parking Authority
• Baker v. Carr
• Reynolds v. Sims
• Pointer v. State of Texas
• Katzenbach v. Morgan
• Harper v. Virginia Board of Elections
• Loving v. Virginia
• Jones v. Alfred H. Mayer Co.
• Shapiro v. Thompson
• Kramer v. Union Free School District
• Dandridge v. Williams
• Whitcomb v. Chavis
• Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education
• Reed v. Reed
• James v. Valtierra
• Griggs v. Duke Power Company
• Graham v. Richardson
• Moose Lodge No. 107 v. Irvis
• Furman v. Georgia
• Sugarman v. Dougall
• Milliken v. Bradley
• Lau v. Nichols
• Sosna v. Iowa
• Schlesinger v. Ballard
• Albemarle Paper Company v. Moody
• Washington v. Davis
• Runyon v. McCrary
• Pasadena City Board of Education v. Spangler
• Hampton v. Mow Sun Wong
• Craig v. Boren
• Arlington Heights v. Metropolitan Housing Development Corp.
• Regents of the University of California v. Bakke
• Foley v. Connelie, Superintendent of New York State Police, et al.
• Ballew v. Georgia
• Personnel Administrator of Mass. v. Feeney
• Orr v. Orr
• Caban v. Mohammed
• Fullilove v. Klutznick
• City of Mobile, Alabama v. Bolden
• Rostker v. Goldberg
• Michael M. v. Superior Court of Sonoma County
• Kirchberg v. Feenstra
• Rogers v. Lodge
• Plyler v. Doe
• Mississippi University for Women v. Hogan
• Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) v. Wyoming et al.
• Wygant v. Jackson Board of Education
• Batson v. Kentucky
• Turner v. Safley
• Johnson v. Transportation Agency, Santa Clara County
• City of Richmond v. J. A. Croson Company
• Metro Broadcasting, Inc. v. Federal Communications Commission
• Edmonson v. Leesville Concrete Co.
• Wisconsin v. Mitchell
• Shaw v. Reno
• Harris v. Forklift Systems, Inc.
• Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
• Missouri v. Jenkins
• United States v. Virginia
• Romer v. Evans
• Jaffee v. Redmond
• Bush v. Vera
• Abrams v. Johnson
• Oncale v. Sundowner Offshore Services, Inc.
• Burlington Industries, Inc. v. Ellerth
• Saenz v. Roe
• National Collegiate Athletic Association v. Smith
• Davis v. Monroe County School Board
• Bush v. Gore
• Nevada Department of Human Resources v. Hibbs
• Lawrence v. Texas
• Grutter v. Bollinger
• Gratz v. Bollinger
• Blakely v. Washington
• Parents Involved in Community Schools v. Seattle School District No. 1; Meredith v. Jefferson County Board of Education
• Ledbetter v. Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co.
• District of Columbia v. Heller
• Ricci v. DeStefano
• Hosanna-Tabor Evangelical Lutheran Church and School v. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission et al.
• United States v. Windsor
• Hollingsworth v. Perry
• Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin
• Schuette v. Coalition to Defend Affirmative Action
• Obergefell v. Hodges
• Equal Opportunity Employment Commission v. Abercrombie & Fitch Stores, Inc.