Declared individuals have the right to sue a state; led almost immediately to the enactment of the 11th Amendment, establishing that federal courts have no authority in suits by
citizens of one state against a state, and thus citizens have no right to sue another state

Brought about by the infamous case of the 'Midnight Appointments' declared the Judiciary Act of 1789 unconstitutional and void; 'judicial review' was first ASSERTED and established

The first EXERCISE of judicial review (prior to its establishment by the Court) used to uphold the constitutionality of a Congressional tax, finding the carriage
tax was an 'excise' instead of a 'direct tax'

First to find a state law to be unconstitutional: land sales/contracts allowed under a corrupt law (almost every member of legislature had been bribed) could not be voided
by a subsequent legislature

First case to assert ultimate Supreme Court authority over state courts in matters of federal law; Marshall had recused himself, for a financial conflict of interest

Invoked the necessary and proper clause of the Constitution, allowing the Federal government to pass laws not among the Constitution's list of express powers, if they were useful
in the furtherance of expressed powers of Congress under the Constitution

Ruled that a charter is a contract, which the Constitution protects agains state legislative interference

After Congress authorized the sale of lottery tickets in D.C. a bordering state attempted to forbid sale of tickets in its borders, AND claimed that they had final jurisdiction; SC
found that the state court was NOT the final authority, that they, the SC had jurisdiction, though they also found that Congress had not intended to allow the sale of tickets outside DC

Established the basis for regulatory powers in the area of interstate commerce, interpreting commerce to mean more than mere trafficking; also established the precedent that
Congress can invalidate contradictory laws of the states especially concerning the granting of monopoly privileges

“Original package” doctrine, the taxing power of a state does not extend to imports from abroad so long as they remain in the original package; Roger B. Taney, who who had
argued the case as counsel for the losing side, later wrote that he believed the case had been correctly decided

Ruled that they, the SC, had no jurisdiction, because the plaintiff was a 'domestic dependent nation' with no standing in the court as either citizens or as a foreign nation, thus
upholding the state's laws stripping these people of many of their their rights

Missionaries refused to obey a state law requiring all whites living in Cherokee lands to have a license; Court ruled state had no authority to pass such laws because the Cherokees
were a sovereign nation

Plaintiff had no standing, because he, as an African American, was not a citizen; slaves as property could not be taken from owners without due process; first time since
Marbury v. Madison, the Court held an Act of Congress to be unconstitutional

Declared that neither Congress nor the President could institute military tribunals to try civilians, even during wartime, in areas where civil courts were available as the
Constitution 'is a law for rules and people equally in war and peace'

One of 5 cases that together held the language of the 14th Amendment, prohibiting denial of equal protection by a state, did not give Congress power to regulate private acts; also
acknowledged that the 13th Amendment does apply to private actors, but only to the extent that it prohibits people from owning slaves, not exhibiting discriminatory behavior

One of 5 cases that together held the language of the 14th Amendment, prohibiting denial of equal protection by a state, did not give Congress power to regulate private acts; also
acknowledged that the 13th Amendment does apply to private actors, but only to the extent that it prohibits people from owning slaves, not exhibiting discriminatory behavior

One of 5 cases that together held the language of the 14th Amendment, prohibiting denial of equal protection by a state, did not give Congress power to regulate private acts; also
acknowledged that the 13th Amendment does apply to private actors, but only to the extent that it prohibits people from owning slaves, not exhibiting discriminatory behavior

One of 5 cases that together held the language of the 14th Amendment, prohibiting denial of equal protection by a state, did not give Congress power to regulate private acts; also
acknowledged that the 13th Amendment does apply to private actors, but only to the extent that it prohibits people from owning slaves, not exhibiting discriminatory behavior

One of 5 cases that together held the language of the 14th Amendment, prohibiting denial of equal protection by a state, did not give Congress power to regulate private acts; also
acknowledged that the 13th Amendment does apply to private actors, but only to the extent that it prohibits people from owning slaves, not exhibiting discriminatory behavior

Established a constitutional foundation for the 'separate-but-equal' doctrine in upholding a Louisiana law requiring segregated railroad facilities

Ruled a 10-hour-day maximum law for bakers was unconstitutional because it violated 'freedom of contract' between employer and employee; initiated a 25-year long era
named after the ruling; later reversed

Found a corporation guilty of monopolizing the petroleum industry through a series of anticompetitive actions; divided the corporation into several geographically separate and
eventually competing firms; applied the 'rule of reason' to the Sherman Anti-Trust Act of 1890

Ordered the reorganization rather than the dissolution of the company based on applying the 'rule of reason' to the Sherman Anti-Trust Act of 1890

Ruled that the government cannot restrict freedom of speech unless the speech creates a 'clear and present danger' leading to evils that Congress is empowered to protect against

Along with other cases in the subsequent seven years, established that most of the guarantees in the Bill of Rights of the Constitution were applicable to the states

'Sick Chicken Case' unanimously invalidating the National Industrial Recovery Act by ruling that Congress could not 'delegate legislative' powers to the executive and could not
regulate wholly intrastate business

Decided that the federal government is empowered to regulate local labor union activities, upholding the Wagner Act; effectively spelled the end to the Court's striking down
of New Deal economic legislation, and greatly increased Congress's power under the Commerce Clause

Ruled that the president's seizure of the nation's steel mills to prevent a strike was unconstitutional; the first time a presidential action was ruled unconstitutional

Reversed Plessy v Ferguson decision that had established the 'separate but equal' doctrine, declaring for the first time that segregation was unconstitutional

Defined obscenity and ruled that the 1st Amendment to the Constitution does not protect the publication of obscene material