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During Justice William O. Douglas’s years on the Supreme Court bench, a variety of cases came before the Court that affected American life in fundamental ways, including in the areas of individual and civil rights. Justice Douglas sat on the Court during a tumultuous and pivotal time in American history that was marked by major international conflicts, such as World War II, the Cold War, and the Vietnam War, as well as major domestic movements, most notably the civil rights movement. His opinions demonstrate his judicial priorities—protection of civil and individual rights, including the right to privacy; near-absolute deference to the First Amendment; and environmental protection.
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- Marbury v. Madison
- Martin v. Hunter’s Lessee
- Trustees of Dartmouth College v. Woodward
- McCulloch v. Maryland
- Cohens v. Virginia
- Gibbons v. Ogden
- Worcester v. Georgia
- Charles River Bridge v. Warren Bridge
- United States v. Amistad
- Prigg v. Pennsylvania
- Dred Scott v. Sandford
- Ableman v. Booth
- Ex parte Milligan
- Slaughterhouse Cases
- United States v. Cruikshank
- Reynolds v. United States
- Civil Rights Cases
- Elk v. Wilkins
- Plessy v. Ferguson
- United States v. Wong Kim Ark
- Lochner v. New York
- Muller v. Oregon
- Frank v. Mangum
- Guinn v. United States
- Hammer v. Dagenhart
- Schenck v. United States
- Abrams v. United States
- Whitney v. California
- Olmstead v. United States
- Powell v. Alabama
- A.L.A. Schechter Poultry Corporation v. United States
- United States v. Curtiss-Wright
- National Labor Relations Board v. Jones & Laughlin Steel Corporation
- West Coast Hotel v. Parrish
- Cantwell v. Connecticut
- Wickard v. Filburn
- West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette
- Korematsu v. United States
- Sweatt v. Painter
- Dennis v. United States
- Youngstown Sheet and Tube Co. v. Sawyer
- Brown v. Board of Education
- Hernandez v. Texas
- Gomillion v. Lightfoot
- Mapp v. Ohio
- Baker v. Carr
- Engel v. Vitale
- Gideon v. Wainwright
- Katzenbach v. McClung
- New York Times Co. v. Sullivan
- Griswold v. Connecticut
- Bond v. Floyd
- Miranda v. Arizona
- South Carolina v. Katzenbach
- Loving v. Virginia
- Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District
- New York Times Co. v. United States
- Flood v. Kuhn
- Furman v. Georgia
- San Antonio Independent School District v. Rodriguez
- Sierra Club v. Morton
- Roe v. Wade
- Milliken v. Bradley
- United States v. Nixon
- Craig v. Boren
- Regents of the University of California v. Bakke
- Frontiero v. Richardson
- Texas v. Johnson
- United States v. Lopez
- United States v. Virginia
- Clinton v. Jones
- Bush v. Gore
- Friends of the Earth v. Laidlaw Environmental Services
- Zelman v. Simmons-Harris
- Lawrence v. Texas
- District of Columbia v. Heller
- Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission
- Shelby County v. Holder
- Obergefell v. Hodges
- Bostock v. Clayton County
- Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization