Milestone Documents of the Supreme Court is a must-have reference source that covers both iconic and controversial decisions from the early republic to the present day. From early decisions that outlined the roles and powers of the 3 branches of government to contemporary cases about LGBTQ rights and reproductive rights, this set pairs each Court decision with in-depth commentary and analysis. Featuring 80 critical decisions, Milestone Documents of the Supreme Court is an essential reference for high school, college, and public libraries.

Marbury v. Madison (1803)

Martin v. Hunter’s Lessee (1816)

Dartmouth College Case (1819)

McCulloch v. Maryland (1819)

Cohens v. Virginia (1821)

Gibbons v. Ogden (1824)

Worcester v. Georgia (1832)

Charles River Bridge v. Warren Bridge (1837)

United States v. Amistad (1841)

Prigg v. Pennsylvania (1842)

Dred Scott v. Sandford (1857)

Ableman v. Booth (1859)

Ex parte Milligan (1866)

Slaughterhouse Cases (1873)

United States v. Cruikshank (1876)

Reynolds v. U.S. (1879)

Civil Rights Cases (1883)

Elk v. Wilkins (1884)

Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)

United States v. Wong Kim Ark (1898)

Lochner v. New York (1905)

Muller v. Oregon (1908)

Frank v. Mangum (1915)

Guinn v. United States (1915)

Hammer v. Dagenhart (1918)

Abrams v. United States (1919)

Schenck v. United States (1919)

Whitney v. California (1927)

Olmstead v. United States (1928)

Powell v. Alabama (1932)

Schechter Poultry v. US (1935)

United States v. Curtiss-Wright (1936)

NLRB v. Jones and Laughlin Steel (1937)

West Coast Hotel v. Parrish (1937)

Cantwell v. Conn (1940)

Wickard v. Filburn (1942)

WV State Board of Education v. Barnette (1943)

Korematsu v. United States (1944)

Sweatt v. Painter (1950)

Dennis v. United States (1951)

Youngstown Sheet and Tube Co. v. Sawyer (1952)

Brown v. Board of Education (1954)

Hernandez v. Texas (1954)

Gomillion v. Lightfoot (1960)

Mapp v. Ohio (1961)

Baker v. Carr (1962)

Engle v. Vitale (1962)

Gideon v. Wainwright (1963)

Katzenbach v. McClung (1964)

New York Times Co. vs. Sullivan (1964)

Griswold v. Connecticut (1965)

Bond v. Floyd (1966)

Miranda v. Arizona (1966)

South Carolina v. Katzenbach (1966)

Loving v. Virginia (1967)

Tinker v. Des Moines School District (1969)

New York Times v. United States (1971)

Flood v. Kuhn (1972)

Furman v. Georgia (1972)

San Antonio School District v. Rodriguez (1972)

Sierra Club v. Morton (1972)

Roe v. Wade (1973)

Milliken v. Bradley (1974)

Craig v. Boren (1976)

Regents of the University of California v. Bakke (1978)

Fronterio v. Richardson (1979)

Texas v. Johnson (1989)

United States v. Lopez (1995)

United States v. Virginia (1996)

Clinton v. Jones (1997)

Bush v. Gore (2000)

Friends of the Earth v. Laidlow Environmental Services (2000)

Zelman v. Simmons-Harris (2002)

Lawrence v. Texas (2003)

District of Columbia v. Heller (2008)

Citizens United v. FEC (2010)

Shelby County v. Holder (2013)

Obergefell v. Hodges (2015)

Bostock v. Clayton County (2020)