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Supreme Court Cases 1900-1953

 

FDR Court bill

"The Switch in Time That Saved Nine"

Size remains the same

  • Lochner v. New York (1905)
     

    Bakers’ hour caps

    Violated due process

    Freedom of contract

  • Adair v. U.S. (1908)
     

    Yellow dog contracts

    Forbid union membership

    Congress could not ban

  • Weeks  v.United States (1912)
     

    Searches and seizures

    Fruit of the poisonous tree

    Excluded from court

  • Schenck v.United States (1919)
     

    Speeches against draft

    A clear and present danger

    Conviction upheld

  • Powell v. Alabama (1932)
     

    The Scottsboro Boys

    Counsel in capital case

    Due Process mandate

  • West Coast Hotel Co. v. Parrish (1937)
     

    State minimum wage

    Protecting health and safety

    Fair contract limit

  • Erie Railroad Co. v. Tompkins (1938)
     

    Diversity case

    State law for substantive law

    No Fed common law

  • Wickard v. Filburn (1942)
     

    Wheat farming limits

    Affect Interstate commerce

    Not merely local

  • Chaplinsky v. New Hampshire (1942)

    Fighting words doctrine

    Calling churches a racket

    May be arrested

  • West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette (1943)

    Pledge of Allegiance

    Jehovah’s Witnesses’ kids

    Can’t be forced to say

     

  • International Shoe v. Washington (1945)

    Minimum contacts
    Roving salesmen live in state
    Due process given

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