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Case name Citation Summary
Cooper v. Aaron 1958 enforcement of desegregation, "massive resistance"
Speiser v. Randall 1958 loyalty oaths
NAACP v. Alabama 1958 freedom of association, privacy of membership lists
Societe Internationale v. Rogers 1958 appropriateness of involuntary dismissal of a case in which petitioner failed to produce records of a Swiss bank account
Kent v. Dulles 1958 right to travel, power of Secretary of State
Byrd v. Blue Ridge Rural Electric Cooperative, Inc. 1958 application of the Erie doctrine
Sherman v. United States 1958 Entrapment provisions apply to actions of government informers as well as agents
Trop v. Dulles 1958 Eighth Amendment, loss of citizenship
Perez v. Brownell 1958 revocation of citizenship for voting in a foreign election
One, Inc. v. Olesen 1958 Court: United States Court of Appeals
pro-homosexual writings and the Comstock laws
Lambert v. California 1957 mens rea and ignorance of the law
McGee v. International Life Insurance Co. 1957 Docket No: none
California did not violate the Due Process Clause when entering a binding judgment on a Texas corporation with "substantial connection[s]" to California
Conley v. Gibson 1957 liberal pleading standards under Rule 8 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
Roth v. United States 1957
Yates v. United States 1957 Court: United States Court of Appeals
free speech, distinction between expression of opinion and advocacy of action
Watkins v. United States 1957 rights of a witness in refusing to answer questions before the House Un-American Activities Committee
Reid v. Covert 1957 treaty power, right to jury trial
Radovich v. National Football League 1957 professional football covered by antitrust laws
Griffin v. Illinois 1956 access to court transcript for indigent appeals
Williamson v. Lee Optical Co. 1955 Due Process Clause, economic liberties