Case Archive
A Short Course
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Chapter 19 Cases
Racial Discrimination
- Brown v. Board of Education II
- Cooper v. Aaron
- Green v. County School Board of New Kent County
- Griffin v. County School Board of Prince Edward County
- McLaurin v. Oklahoma State Regents
- Parents Involved in Community Schools v. Seattle School District No. 1, Meredith v. Jefferson County Board of Education
- Scott v. Sandford
- State of Missouri ex rel. Gaines v. Canada
- Swann v. Charlotte-Mechlenburg Board of Education
- Sweatt v. Painter
- The Civil Rights Cases
- The Slaughterhouse Cases (Butchers' Benevolent Association v. Crescent City Livestock Landing & Slaughter House Company)
- Gratz v. Bollinger
- Grutter v. Bollinger
- Missouri ex rel. Gaines v. Canada
Sex Discrimination
- Bradwell v. State of Illinois
- Michael M. v. Superior Court of Sonoma County
- Mississippi University for Women v. Hogan
- Orr v. Orr
- Rostker v. Goldberg
- United States v. Virginia
- Sessions, Attorney General v. Morales-Santana
Discrimination Based on Sexual Orientation
- Bowers v. Hardwick
- Masterpiece Cakeshop, Ltd. v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission
- Obergefell v. Hodges, Director, Ohio Department of Health
- United States v. Windsor
Remedying the Effects of Discrimination: Affirmative Action
- Adarand Constructors v. Pena
- City of Richmond v. J. A. Croson Co.
- Fisher v. University of Texas
- Fullilove v. Klutznick
- Regents of the University of California v. Bakke
- Schuette v. BAMN
- United States v. Paradise