Civil Rights Landmark Supreme Court Cases

	Upheld the status of an escaped slave who resided in slavory forbidden territory as a slave.
	Upheld De Jure Segregation law of Lousiana.
	Held that "Seperate, but Equal" was not constitutional
	Upheld Executive Order 9906, under the belief that the need to protect against espionage outweighed Koramtsu's rights.
	Held that laws upon gender classifications were unconstitutional and thus overturned an oklahoma law stating that it was unlawful so sell beer to a male under the age of 21, and to a female under the age of 18.
	Held that a racial quota system for any institution is considered unlawful, however, upheld the rejection of Bakke to University of California.
	Held that the presumption of disadvantage based on race alone, and consequent allocation of favored treatment, is unconstitutional under the due process clause law of the fifth amendment.
	established that an anti homosexual sodomy law was unconstitutional.
	Held that the criminalization of Same-sex couples was unconstitutional under the 14th amendment.
	Established that a right to privacy does exist due to 1st 3rd and 9th amendments, as well as patient-doctor privacy involving the consultation of medical contraceptives.
	Established that the state government may not regulate abortion in any way during 1st trimester, and allowed for some regulation during 2nd and 3rd trimester of pregnancy.
	reaffirmed Roe v Wade but upheld certain limits on its use
	federal government can't use Controlled Substance Act to halt Oregon's Death with Dignity Act
	Upheld constitutionality of Congress being able to regulate business practices that involve race.