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5240384580Plessy v Ferguson1896 established the separate but equal doctrine0
5240388874Tinker v Des Moines1969 Have the right to express yourself as long as the action does not disrupt class work, school activities, or invade the rights of others1
5240394258White v Regester1973 Shaped litigation over gerrymandering redistricting plans2
5240399484Wisconsin v Yoder1972 1st Amendment's free exercise of religion prevents a state from making Amish children attend school past the 8th Grade3
5240419001Mendez v Westminster1946 1st case to hold that school segregation itself was illegal because the resources and quality were inferior, not because they were segregated4
5240429014Delgado v Bastrop ISD1948 left segregation of African American students (because it was a state law) and allowed separate 1st grade classes for "language deficient" students.5
5240449015Sweatt v Painter1950 court ruled in favor of Sweatt. UT law school failed to create school equal to it status in faculty members, university facilitates, and student progress. Paved the way for Brown v Board of Education6
5240454708Hernandez v Texas1954 14th Amendment protects other races/ethnicity when trial by jury7
5240458077Brown v Board of Education1954 separate but equal has NO place in public education. led to integration of public schools8
5240461665Edgewood ISD v Kirby1989 Money from wealthier school districts were shared with poorer school districts so all children receive better educational opportunities9
5240476932California v Bakke(1978), the Supreme Court ruled that a university's use of racial "quotas" in its admissions process was unconstitutional, but a school's use of "affirmative action" to accept more minority applicants was constitutional in some circumstances.10
6760771779Roe V Wadewhich recognized that the constitutional right to privacy extends to a woman's right to make her own personal medical decisions — including the decision to have an abortion without interference from politicians.11
9340422895Escobedo v Illinoisa United States Supreme Court case holding that criminal suspects have a right to counsel during police interrogations under the Sixth Amendment.12

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