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U.S. Constitutional History

 

 

"The Dirty Dozen:  How Twelve Supreme Court Cases Radically Expanded Government and Eroded Freedom"

Robert A. Levy & William Mellor (Sentinel, 2008)  KF8742 .L485 

 

Helvering v. Davis, 301 U.S. 619, 57 S.Ct. 904 (1937)  *

            United States v. Butler, 297 U.S. 1, 56 S.Ct. 312 (1936)  *

Wickard v. Filburn, 317 U.S. 111, 63 S.Ct. 82 (1942)  *

            Gonzales v. Raich, 545 U.S. 1, 125 S.Ct. 2195 (2005) {03-1454}

Home Bldg & Loan Ass’n v. Blaisdell, 290 U.S. 398, 54 S.Ct. 231 (1934)  *

            Norman v. B & O R.R., 294 U.S. 240, 55 S.Ct. 407 (1935)  *

            Nortz v. United States, 294 U.S. 317, 55 U.S. 428 (1935)  *

            Perry v. United States, 294 U.S. 330, 55 S.Ct. 432 (1935)  *

Whitman v. Am. Trucking Ass’n, 531 U.S. 457, 121 S.Ct. 903 (2001) 

            {99-1257 and 99-1426}

McConnell v. Fed. Election Comm., 540 U.S. 93, 124 S.Ct. 619 (2003){02-1674}

            Buckley v. Valeo, 424 U.S. 1, 96 S.Ct. 612 (1976)  *

United States v. Miller, 307 U.S. 174, 59 S.Ct. 816 (1939) {No. 696}

Korematsu v. United States, 323 U.S. 214, 65 S.Ct. 193 (1944)  *

Bennis v. Michigan, 516 U.S. 442, 116 S.Ct. 994 (1996) {94-8729}

Kelo v. City of New London, 545 U.S. 469, 125 S.Ct. 2655 (2005) {04-108}

            Berman v. Parker, 348 U.S. 26, 75 S.Ct. 98 (1954) {No. 22}

Penn. Central Trans. Co. v. New York, 438 U.S. 104, 98 S.Ct. 2646 (1978)   {77-444}

Tahoe-Sierra Preservation Council Inc. v. Tahoe Regional Planning Agency, 535 U.S. 302, 122 S.Ct. 1465 (2002) {00-1167}

 United States v. Carolene Products, 304 U.S. 144, 58 S.Ct. 778 (1938) {No. 640}

            Nebbia v. New York, 291 U.S. 502, 54 S.Ct. 505 (1934)  *

 Grutter v. Bollinger, 539 U.S. 306, 123 S.Ct. 2325 (2003) {02-241}

            Regents Univ.of Cal. v. Bakke, 438 U.S. 265, 98 S.Ct. 2733 (1978)  {76-811}

Roe v. Wade, 410 U.S. 113, 93 S.Ct. 705 (1973) {70-18}

Bush v. Gore, 531 U.S. 98, 121 S.Ct. 525 (2000) {00-949}

 

*  Landmark Brief and Arguments of the Supreme Court  KF 4549 .L3

{ ## - ### } Docket Numbers for Supreme Court Records and Briefs on microfiche.

Some microfiche records are based on the U.S. citation; others on the docket number

Documents of U.S. Constitutional History

Constitution of the United States  From the National Archives

Constitution of the United States  From the Cornell Legal Information Institute

Annotated Constitution of the U.S.  From the Congressional Research Service

Avalon Project at Yale Law School

Library of Congress American Memory 1774-1873

Core documents in U.S. history from the  University of Oklahoma

Core documents of democracy from the  U.S. Government Printing Office

UMKC Law Library Resources on Constitutional History

UMKC Law Library Research Bookmarks: Federal Courts, and Briefs & Litigation Tabs

Supreme Court Official Website

Current Term Briefs

Findlaw Supreme Court Opinions 1893 – present

Findlaw Supreme Court Briefs from 1999

Oyez: (audio links to some oral arguments, and some written transcripts)

UMKC Law Library Subscription Databases

Gale Digital Collection

The Making of the Modern Law: Legal Treatises, 1800-1926

Eighteenth Century Collections Online

The Making of the Modern Law: Trials 1600-1926

U.S. Supreme Court Records and Briefs, 1832-1978

HeinOnline

U.S. Supreme Court Library

Content > Federal/State Cases > Advanced > Segment Search > USSCt

U.S. Congressional Serial Set

Prof. Doug Linder’s Famous Trials and Constitutional Law websites