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Welcome to Mrs. Groff's AP American Government and Politics Supreme Court Wiki Page. This page is designed to help students understand the various Supreme Court cases which could potentially be on the AP exam. Not only will this page combine all the research from you and your fellow classmates, but it will also provide you with a great study tool.

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There will be multiple cases you will be referencing/researching each fitting into one of the categories below: Each major type of case will have a subcategory listing the various other issues associated with the cases. Do not plagerize!
 * 1) AP Exam Focused Cases
 * 2) Civil Rights & Civil Liberties
 * 3) Judicial Review
 * 4) Landmark Cases

__//You must have the following things present about the case visible on the page: //__ 1. Name & date of case 2. List of person involved in the case and how 3. What is the basic issue on trial - list and explain 4. Background on the case (keep it brief) 5. What was the final decision (reasoning of the case) and who wrote it <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0c0d0c; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">6. Was there a dissenting opinon, who was it, and their reasoning

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0c0d0c; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Bethel School District v Fraser <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0c0d0c; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Morse v Frederick <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0c0d0c; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Tinker v Des Moines School District <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0c0d0c; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Texas v Johnson <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0c0d0c; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Boy Scouts of America v Dale <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0c0d0c; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Reno v ACLU <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0c0d0c; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Near v Minnesota <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0c0d0c; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">NY Times v US <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0c0d0c; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Hazelwood v Kuhlmeier <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0c0d0c; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Schenck v US <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0c0d0c; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Korematsu v US <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0c0d0c; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Everson v Board <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0c0d0c; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Lemon v Kurtzman <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0c0d0c; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Engle v Vitale <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0c0d0c; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Mapp v Ohio <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0c0d0c; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Wolf v Colorado <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0c0d0c; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">NJ v TLO <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0c0d0c; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Gideon v Wainwright <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0c0d0c; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Miranda v Arizona <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0c0d0c; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Furman v Georgia <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0c0d0c; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Gregg v Georgia <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0c0d0c; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Griswold v Connecticut <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0c0d0c; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Cruzan v Missouri <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0c0d0c; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Planned Parenthood v Casey <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0c0d0c; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Roe v Wade <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0c0d0c; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Marbury v Madison <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0c0d0c; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Dred Scott v Sanford <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0c0d0c; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Plessy v Ferguson <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0c0d0c; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Swann v Charlotte-Mecklenburg <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0c0d0c; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Brown v Board of Edu Topeka <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0c0d0c; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Heart of Atlanta Motel v US <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0c0d0c; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Gratz v Bollinger <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0c0d0c; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Grutter v Bollinger <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0c0d0c; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Regents of University of California v Bakke <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0c0d0c; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Baker v Car <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0c0d0c; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Reno v Shaw <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0c0d0c; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Buckley v Valeo <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0c0d0c; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Bush v Gore <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0c0d0c; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Citizens United v Federal Elections Commission <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0c0d0c; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Gibbons v Ogden <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0c0d0c; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">US v Lopez <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0c0d0c; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">McCullough v MD <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0c0d0c; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">US v Nixon <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0c0d0c; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Abington School District v. Schempp <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0c0d0c; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Murray v Curlett <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0c0d0c; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Adarand Constructors, Inc v Pena <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0c0d0c; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Allegheny v ACLU <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0c0d0c; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Powell v Alabama <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0c0d0c; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Betts v Brady <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0c0d0c; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Brandenburg v Ohio <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0c0d0c; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Whitney v California <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0c0d0c; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Branzburg v Hayes <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0c0d0c; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Braswell v US <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0c0d0c; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Bush v Palm Beach Canvassing Board <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0c0d0c; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">California v Acevedo <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0c0d0c; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">California v Greenwood <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0c0d0c; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Chaplinsky v New Hampshire <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0c0d0c; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Clinton v City of New York <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0c0d0c; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Debs v US <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0c0d0c; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Dickerson v US <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0c0d0c; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Edwards v Aguillard <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0c0d0c; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Escobedo v Illinois <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0c0d0c; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Ex parte Milligan <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0c0d0c; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Frisby v Schultz <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0c0d0c; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Gibbons v Ogden <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0c0d0c; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Gitlow v NY <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0c0d0c; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Grayned v City of Rockford <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0c0d0c; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Cox v Louisiana <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0c0d0c; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Heart of Altlanta Motel, Inc v US Hill v Colorado Hustler Magazine v Falwell Hutchinson v Proxmire Jaffee v Redmond Katz v US Olmstead v US Lee v Weisman Lloyd Corp. v Tanner Marsh v Chambers Miller v California Wisconsin v Yoder Mitchell v Helms Mueller v Allen NY Times Co. v Sullivan Nix v Williams Oregon v Elstad PGA Tour, Inc. v Martin Reno v ACLU Reno v Condon Rhodes v Chapman Santa Fe School District v Doe Schechter Poultry Corp v US Santobello v NY Schench v US Train v City of NY US v Halper United States v Eichman United States v O'Brien United States v Playboy Vernonia School District 47J v Acton Wesberry v Sanders Whren v US Woodson v NC Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co. v Sawyer Snyder v Phelps Dennis v United States United States v. American Library Association Muller v. Oregon Palko v. Connecticut United States v. Virginia In re Gault Lawrence v. Texas Yates v. United States
 * __These are the cases you will be RESEARCHING:__**

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