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Commissioner v. Glenshaw Glass Co. 1955 definition of taxable income
Tee-Hit-Ton Indians v. United States 1955 Federal government did not owe Indian tribe compensation for timber taken from tribal-occupied lands in Alaska under the 5th Amendment
United States v. International Boxing Club of New York 1955 boxing not exempt from antitrust regulation
Berman v. Parker 1954 eminent domain, takings
United States v. Harriss 1954 constitutionality of The Federal Regulation of Lobbying Act of 1946
Bolling v. Sharpe 1954 segregation in the District of Columbia
Hernandez v. Texas 1954 application of the Fourteenth Amendment to Mexican Americans
Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka 1954 segregation, "separate ... inherently unequal"
Miller Brothers Co. v. Maryland 1954 use tax imposed by one state against merchant in another state violated Due Process Clause of the 14th Amendment
Toolson v. New York Yankees 1953 baseball antitrust exemption upheld
Securities and Exchange Commission v. Ralston Purina Co. 1953 Docket No: none
a corporation offering "key employees" stock shares is still subject to Section 4(1) of the Securities Act of 1933
Poulos v. New Hampshire 1953 religious meetings and the Free Exercise Clause
Fowler v. Rhode Island 1953 ordinance construed to penalize a minister of Jehovah's Witnesses for preaching at a peaceful religious meeting in a public park unconstitutional
United States v. Reynolds 1953 State secrets privilege
Arrowsmith v. Commissioner 1952 Taxpayers classified a payment as an ordinary business loss, which would allow them to take a greater deduction for the loss than would be permitted for a capital loss
Kawakita v. United States 1952 treason accusation against a person with dual citizenship.
Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co. v. Sawyer 1952 presidential power to seize steel mills during strike to ensure wartime production
Joseph Burstyn, Inc. v. Wilson 1952 First Amendment and the censorship of films
Zorach v. Clauson 1952 release time programs
Beauharnais v. Illinois 1952 First Amendment and "group libel"