US History Court Cases Flashcards

5240384580	Plessy v Ferguson	1896 established the separate but equal doctrine	0
5240388874	Tinker v Des Moines	1969 Have the right to express yourself as long as the action does not disrupt class work, school activities, or invade the rights of others	1
5240394258	White v Regester	1973 Shaped litigation over gerrymandering redistricting plans	2
5240399484	Wisconsin v Yoder	1972 1st Amendment's free exercise of religion prevents a state from making Amish children attend school past the 8th Grade	3
5240419001	Mendez v Westminster	1946 1st case to hold that school segregation itself was illegal because the resources and quality were inferior, not because they were segregated	4
5240429014	Delgado v Bastrop ISD	1948 left segregation of African American students (because it was a state law) and allowed separate 1st grade classes for "language deficient" students.	5
5240449015	Sweatt v Painter	1950 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 Education	6
5240454708	Hernandez v Texas	1954 14th Amendment protects other races/ethnicity when trial by jury	7
5240458077	Brown v Board of Education	1954 separate but equal has NO place in public education. led to integration of public schools	8
5240461665	Edgewood ISD v Kirby	1989 Money from wealthier school districts were shared with poorer school districts so all children receive better educational opportunities	9
5240476932	California 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
6760771779	Roe V Wade	which 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
9340422895	Escobedo v Illinois	a United States Supreme Court case holding that criminal suspects have a right to counsel during police interrogations under the Sixth Amendment.	12