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| Case name | Citation | Summary |
| Whalen v. Roe | 1977 | The NY Controlled Substances Act's requirement that doctors send a copy of prescriptions to the state department of health did not violate privacy rights |
| Arlington Heights v. Metropolitan Housing Corp. | 1977 | discriminatory intent required to make out a violation of the Equal Protection Clause |
| Craig v. Boren | 1976 | sex discrimination in drinking ages |
| Estelle v. Gamble | 1976 | deliberate indifference to prisoner medical needs is required to make out a violation of the Eighth Amendment |
| United States v. Martinez-Fuerte | 1976 | routine stops of vehicles entering the United States made by the Border Patrol do not violate the Fourth Amendment |
| United States v. Janis | 1976 | the exclusionary rule does not apply in civil forfeiture proceedings |
| South Dakota v. Opperman | 1976 | searching an impounded vehicle is permissible under the Fourth Amendment |
| Woodson v. North Carolina | 1976 | mandatory death penalties and capital punishment |
| Gregg v. Georgia | 1976 | capital punishment does not per se violate the Eighth Amendment |
| Planned Parenthood of Central Missouri v. Danforth | 1976 | constitutionality of various abortion regulations; the first such challenge after Roe v. Wade |
| Nebraska Press Association v. Stuart | 1976 | standards for regulating publicity in advance of a criminal trial |
| Fitzpatrick v. Bitzer | 1976 | limitations imposed by the Eleventh Amendment on damages paid by states under Title VII |
| New Orleans v. Dukes | 1976 | Court: United States Court of Appeals equal protection does not limit a state's regulatory power regarding grandfather clauses |
| Runyon v. McCrary | 1976 | race discrimination in private school admissions under 42 U.S.C. § 1981 |
| Young v. American Mini Theatres | 1976 | upholding Detroit's ordinance regulating location of adult-oriented businesses |
| National League of Cities v. Usery | 1976 | Tenth amendment sufficient to invalidate federal Fair Labor Standards Act; overruled by Garcia v. San Antonio Metropolitan Transit Authority |
| Hughes v. Alexandria Scrap Corp. | 1976 | "market participant exception" to the Dormant Commerce Clause |
| Doyle v. Ohio | 1976 | impeaching a defendant with his silence in response to the warnings required by Miranda v. Arizona violates the Fifth Amendment |
| Kleppe v. New Mexico | 1976 | protection of animals on land held by the Bureau of Land Management |
| TSC Industries, Inc. v. Northway, Inc. | 1976 | materiality of false or misleading statements in proxy statements under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 |