| Case name |
Citation |
Summary |
| National Broadcasting Co. Inc. v. United States |
1943 |
regulation of broadcasting networks |
| Douglas v. City of Jeannette |
1943 |
restraint of criminal prosecution for violation of ordinance disputed in Murdock v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania--decided same day as Jones v. City of Opelika II |
| Martin v. Struthers |
1943 |
law prohibiting the distribution of handbills door-to-door violated the First Amendment rights of a Jehovah's Witness--decided same day as Jones v. City of Opelika II |
| Murdock v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania |
1943 |
licensing fee for door-to-door solicitors was an unconstitutional tax on the Jehovah's Witnesses' right to freely exercise their religion—decided same day as Jones v. City of Opelika II |
| Jones v. City of Opelika II |
1943 |
Overruling Jones v. City of Opelika I on rehearing |
| Largent v. State of Texas |
1943 |
city ordinance requiring permits in order to solicit orders for books is unconstitutional as applied to the distribution of religious publications |
| Clearfield Trust Co. v. United States |
1943 |
Negotiable instruments, Federal common law |
| Parker v. Brown |
1943 |
Parker immunity doctrine in United States antitrust law |
| Williams et al. v. State of North Carolina |
1942 |
Divorce and marriage recognition between states |
| Wickard v. Filburn |
1942 |
Commerce Clause |
| Ex parte Quirin |
1942 |
military tribunals for enemy spies |
| Jones v. City of Opelika I |
1942 |
holding a statute prohibiting the sale of books without a license was constitutional |
| Skinner v. Oklahoma |
1942 |
compulsory sterilization, eugenics |
| Betts v. Brady |
1942 |
due process, incorporation |
| United States v. Univis Lens Co. |
1942 |
exhaustion doctrine under U.S. patent law and its relation to price fixing |
| Valentine v. Chrestensen |
1942 |
holding that commercial speech is unprotected by the 1st Amendment |
| Chaplinsky v. New Hampshire |
1942 |
fighting words |
| Lisenba v. People of State of California |
1941 |
death penalty |
| Edwards v. California |
1941 |
Commerce Clause, privileges and immunities clause of the 14th Amendment |
| United States v. Classic |
1941 |
power of the federal government to regulate primary elections |