Skidmore v. Swift and Company
Jim Skidmore and other employees of the Swift & Company packing plant in Fort Worth, Texas were all firemen... Continued
Case Briefs - 1940-1955
Castle v. Hayes Freight Lines, Inc.
Berman v. Parker
In 1945, Congress passed the District of Columbia Redevelopment Act, creating the District of Columbia Redevelopment... Continued
Braniff Airways, Inc. v. Nebraska Board of Equalization and Assessment
Bolling v. Sharpe
On account of their race, black children in Washington D.C. were denied admission to the same public schools which... Continued
Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka (1)
This case was the consolidation of four cases arising in separate states relating to the segregation of public schools... Continued
Hernandez v. Texas
Pete Hernandez, an agricultural worker, was indicted for the murder of Joe Espinoza by an all-Anglo (white) grand jury... Continued
Linehan v. Waterfront Commission of New York Harbor
Sacher v. Association of the Bar of the City of New York
St. Joe Paper Company v. Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company
United States ex rel. Accardi v. Shaugnessy
International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union, Local 37 v. Boyd
Irvine v. California
Patrick Irvine was suspected by police of placing bets on horse racing and serving as a bookmaker in violation of... Continued
Kern-Limerick, Inc. v. Scurlock
Theatre Enterprises, Inc. v. Paramount Film Distributing Corporation
Wilko v. Swan
United States v. Kahriger
In 1951, Congress adopted the Gamblers' Occupational Tax Act which required gamblers to register with the Collector of... Continued
United States v. Reynolds
An airplane carrying several military personnel and several civilians crashed while conducting tests of "secret... Continued
Youngstown Sheet & Tube Company v. Sawyer
In April of 1952, during the Korean War, President Truman issued an executive order directing Secretary of Commerce... Continued
Zorach v. Clauson
In the aftermath of the Supreme Court's decision in McCollum v. Board of Education, New York City began a program in... Continued
Beauharnais v. Illinois
Joseph Beauharnais, president of White Circle League, Inc., was arrested on January 7, 1950 for distributing leaflets... Continued
Rochin v. California
Rochin swallowed drug capsules to dispose of evidence. The police pummeled him and jumped on his stomach in a vain... Continued
Dennis v. United States
In 1948, the leaders of the Communist Part of America were arrested and charged with violating provisions of the Smith... Continued
Dean Milk Company v. City of Madison
A Madison, Wisconsin ordinance prohibited the sale of milk within city limits unless it came from a local farm or was... Continued
Feiner v. New York
On March 8, 1949, Irving Feiner, a white student at Syracuse University, made an inflammatory speech on a street... Continued
McGrath v. Kristensen
Kristensen was a Danish citizen who entered the United States on a sixty-day visitor's visa in August 1939 to visit... Continued
Sweatt v. Painter
In 1946, Heman Marion Sweatt, a black man, applied for admission to the University of Texas Law School. State law... Continued
United States v. Rabinowitz
FBI agents arrested Rabinowitz in his one-room office. Rabinowitz was charged with selling and possessing forged... Continued
American Communications Assn. v. Douds
Wolf v. Colorado
Julius A. Wolf, Charles H. Fulton, and Betty Fulton were charged with conspiracy to perform an abortion. At trial... Continued
