Cases & precedents

384 U.S. 436 · 1966

Established the requirement that police inform suspects of their rights to silence and counsel before custodial interrogation.

347 U.S. 483 · 1954

Held that racial segregation in public schools is unconstitutional under the Equal Protection Clause.

410 U.S. 113 · 1973

Recognized a constitutional right to abortion; overruled by Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health (2022).

5 U.S. 137 · 1803

Established judicial review, courts can strike down laws that violate the Constitution.

9 Exch. 341 · 1854

Limits contract damages to losses that were reasonably foreseeable at the time of contracting.

248 N.Y. 339 · 1928

Defined the scope of duty in negligence, a defendant only owes a duty to foreseeable plaintiffs.

326 U.S. 310 · 1945

Set the 'minimum contacts' test for when a court has personal jurisdiction over a defendant.

304 U.S. 64 · 1938

Federal courts in diversity cases must apply state substantive law.

392 U.S. 1 · 1968

Allows brief investigative stops based on reasonable suspicion, less than probable cause.

467 U.S. 837 · 1984

Courts deferred to reasonable agency interpretations of ambiguous statutes; narrowed and effectively overruled by Loper Bright (2024).