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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 |