List of United States Supreme Court cases by the Warren Court

This is a partial chronological list of cases decided by the United States Supreme Court during the Warren Court, the tenure of Chief Justice Earl Warren, from October 5, 1953, through June 23, 1969.

Supreme Court of the United States
Warren Court
October 5, 1953 – June 23, 1969
(15 years, 261 days)
SeatSupreme Court Building
Washington, D.C.
No. of positions9
Warren Court decisions
Case nameFocusCitationSummary
Toolson v. New York Yankees, Inc.Antitrust346 U.S. 356 (1953)baseball antitrust exemption upheld
Wilko v. SwanArbitration346 U.S. 427 (1953)Claims under Securities Act of 1933 not arbitrable
Miller Brothers Co. v. Maryland347 U.S. 340 (1954)use tax imposed by one state against merchant in another state violated Due Process Clause of the 14th Amendment
Brown v. Board of Education of TopekaRacial Segregation347 U.S. 483 (1954)reversed the ruling of Plessy v. Ferguson, "separate ... inherently unequal"
Hernandez v. Texas347 U.S. 475 (1954)application of the Fourteenth Amendment to Mexican Americans
Bolling v. SharpeRacial Segregation347 U.S. 497 (1954)segregation in the District of Columbia
United States v. Harriss347 U.S. 612 (1954)constitutionality of The Federal Regulation of Lobbying Act of 1946
Berman v. Parker348 U.S. 26 (1954)eminent domain, takings
United States v. International Boxing Club of New YorkAntitrust348 U.S. 236 (1955)boxing not exempt from antitrust regulation
Tee-Hit-Ton Indians v. United States348 U.S. 272 (1955)Federal government did not owe Indian tribe compensation for timber taken from tribal-occupied lands in Alaska under the 5th Amendment
Commissioner v. Glenshaw Glass Co.348 U.S. 426 (1955)definition of taxable income
Williamson v. Lee348 U.S. 483 (1955)Due Process Clause, economic liberties
Quinn v. United States349 U.S. 155 (1955)Fifth Amendment rights with regards to Congressional investigations.
Lucy v. AdamsRacial Segregation350 U.S. 1 (1955)established the right of all citizens to be accepted as students at the University of Alabama
Corn Products Refining Co. v. Commissioner350 U.S. 46 (1955)Hedging futures gains are ordinary if on raw materials
United Gas Pipe Line Co. v. Mobile Gas Service Corp.350 U.S. 332 (1956)contracts under the Natural Gas Act of 1938
Federal Power Commission v. Sierra Pacific Power Co.350 U.S. 348 (1956)contracts under the Federal Power Act
Griffin v. Illinois351 U.S. 12 (1956)access to court transcript for indigent appeals
Communist Party v. Subversive Activities Control Board351 U.S. 115 (1956)First of Two Cases involving compulsory registration of Communist Party members. Court didn't answer questions raised concerning constitutionality of Act requiring compulsory registration.
Radovich v. National Football League352 U.S. 445 (1957)professional football covered by antitrust laws
Reid v. Covert354 U.S. 1 (1957)treaty power, right to jury trial
Watkins v. United States354 U.S. 178 (1957)rights of a witness in refusing to answer questions before the House Un-American Activities Committee
Yates v. United StatesFree Speech354 U.S. 298 (1957)free speech, distinction between expression of opinion and advocacy of action
Morey v. Doud354 U.S. 457 (1957)States do not have power to make special exemptions in legislation for particular actors (overruled by City of New Orleans v. Dukes)
Roth v. United StatesFree Speech354 U.S. 476 (1957)obscenity
Conley v. Gibson355 U.S. 41 (1957)liberal pleading standards under Rule 8 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
McGee v. International Life Insurance Co.355 U.S. 220 (1957)California did not violate the Due Process Clause when entering a binding judgment on a Texas corporation with "substantial connection[s]" to California
Lambert v. California355 U.S. 225 (1957)mens rea and ignorance of the law
One, Inc. v. Olesen355 U.S. 371 (1958)pro-homosexual writings and the Comstock laws
Perez v. Brownell356 U.S. 44 (1958)revocation of citizenship for voting in a foreign election
Trop v. DullesCruel and unusual punishment356 U.S. 86 (1958)Eighth Amendment, loss of citizenship
Sherman v. United States356 U.S. 369 (1958)Entrapment provisions apply to actions of government informers as well as agents
Byrd v. Blue Ridge Rural Electric Cooperative, Inc.356 U.S. 525 (1958)application of the Erie doctrine
Ellis v. United States356 U.S. 674 (1958)Due Process, in forma pauperis
United States v. Procter & Gamble Co.356 U.S. 677 (1958)The secrecy of Grand jury testimonies
Kent v. Dulles357 U.S. 116 (1958)right to travel, power of Secretary of State
Societe Internationale v. Rogers357 U.S. 197 (1958)appropriateness of involuntary dismissal of a case in which petitioner failed to produce records of a Swiss bank account
NAACP v. Alabama357 U.S. 449 (1958)freedom of association, privacy of membership lists
Speiser v. Randall357 U.S. 513 (1958)loyalty oaths
Cooper v. AaronRacial Segregation358 U.S. 1 (1958)enforcement of desegregation, "massive resistance"
United Gas Pipe Line Co. v. Memphis Light, Gas, and Water Division358 U.S. 103 (1958)contracts under the Natural Gas Act of 1938
Cammarano v. United States358 U.S. 498 (1959)business expenses incurred for the "promotion or defeat of legislation" are not tax deductible
Bartkus v. Illinois359 U.S. 121 (1959)"separate sovereigns" exception to double jeopardy; federal and state officials may cooperate in criminal investigations
Frank v. Maryland359 U.S. 360 (1959)warrantless administrative searches are permissible under the Fourth Amendment
Beacon Theatres v. Westover359 U.S. 500 (1959)right to civil jury trial under the Seventh Amendment, determination of legal & equitable issues
Louisiana Power & Light Co. v. City of Thibodaux360 U.S. 25 (1959)Abstention doctrine
Barenblatt v. United States360 U.S. 109 (1959)upholding conviction for refusing to answer questions before the House Un-American Activities Committee against First Amendment challenge
Smith v. California361 U.S. 147 (1959)sale of obscene books
Bates v. City of Little Rock361 U.S. 516 (1960)First Amendment, compelled disclosure of membership lists
United States v. Raines362 U.S. 17 (1960)Fifteenth Amendment, Civil Rights Act
Federal Power Commission v. Tuscarora Indian Nation362 U.S. 99 (1960)eminent domain over Indian lands
Flora v. United States362 U.S. 145 (1960)Pay Income Tax Then Litigate, Internal Revenue Act
Dusky v. United States362 U.S. 402 (1960)standard for adjudicative competence
Commissioner v. Duberstein363 U.S. 278 (1960)definition of a 'gift' for taxation purposes
Flemming v. Nestor363 U.S. 603 (1960)no property right in Social Security benefits
Boynton v. Virginia364 U.S. 454 (1960)Racial Segregation
Times Film Corp. v. City of Chicago365 U.S. 43 (1961)required submission of films to rating boards is not necessarily unconstitutional
Monroe v. Pape365 U.S. 167 (1961)municipalities cannot be held liable under the Civil Rights Act of 1871
Aro Mfg. Co. v. Convertible Top Replacement Co.365 U.S. 336 (1961)doctrine of repair and reconstruction in United States patent law
Burton v. Wilmington Parking Authority365 U.S. 715 (1961)state action
Gomillion v. LightfootRacial Segregation364 U.S. 339 (1960)race-based electoral districting
James v. United States366 U.S. 213 (1961)assessment of income tax on embezzled funds
McGowan v. Maryland366 U.S. 420 (1961)constitutionality of laws with religious origins but secular purposes
Braunfeld v. Brown366 U.S. 599 (1961)constitutionality of Sabbath laws requiring Sunday closure of stores
Gallagher v. Crown Kosher Super Market of Massachusetts, Inc.366 U.S. 617 (1961)Massachusetts blue laws upheld against challenge by Kosher grocery store
Communist Party v. Subversive Activities Control Board367 U.S. 1 (1961)Second of Two Cases involving compulsory registration of Communist Party members. Court upheld constitutionality of Act requiring compulsory registration.
Scales v. United States367 U.S. 203 (1961)upheld the conviction of Junius Scales for violating of the Smith Act on the basis on his membership in the Communist Party
Jarecki v. G.D. Searle & Co.367 U.S. 303 (1961)using noscitur a sociis to interpret the Excess Profits Tax Act of 1950
Torcaso v. Watkins367 U.S. 488 (1961)oaths, religious test, First Amendment
Poe v. Ullman367 U.S. 497 (1961)ripeness to challenge statute banning contraceptives
Mapp v. OhioCriminal procedure367 U.S. 643 (1961)search and seizure, exclusionary rule
Marcus v. Search Warrant367 U.S. 717 (1961)Procedural burden on state in seizure of obscene material
Hamilton v. Alabama368 U.S. 52 (1961)Absence of defendant's counsel at the time of his arraignment violated his rights under the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment
Hoyt v. Florida368 U.S. 57 (1961)all-male jury in a woman's murder trial did not violate Fourteenth Amendment
Cramp v. Board of Public Instruction368 U.S. 278 (1961)Florida statute required every employee of the State and its subdivisions to swear in writing that, he has never lent his "aid, support, advice, counsel or influence to the Communist Party." violated his rights under the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment
Oyler v. Boles368 U.S. 448 (1962)habitual criminal sentencing and due process
United Gas Pipe Line Co. v. Ideal Cement Co.369 U.S. 134 (1962)application of the Pullman abstention doctrine
Fong Foo v. United States369 U.S. 141 (1962)double jeopardy against federal courts
Baker v. CarrRedistricting, malapportionment369 U.S. 186 (1962)malapportionment of electoral districts; equal protection clause; one person, one vote
Goldblatt v. Hempstead369 U.S. 590 (1962)due process, takings clause, safety regulations
NLRB v. Washington Aluminum Co.370 U.S. 9 (1962)Unorganized workers have the right to engage in concerted activity over working conditions without making a prior specific demand.
Engel v. VitaleEstablishment Clause370 U.S. 421 (1962)school prayer
Manual Enterprises v. Day370 U.S. 478 (1962)magazine containing nude photographs of men not considered obscene
Bantam Books, Inc. v. Sullivan372 U.S. 58 (1963)government may not blacklist books and magazines it deems "objectionable"
Jones v. Cunningham371 U.S. 236 (1963)state prison inmates have the right to petition for habeas corpus
Wong Sun v. United States371 U.S. 471 (1963)fruit of the poisonous tree doctrine in a narcotics case
Schlude v. Commissioner372 U.S. 128 (1963)what income must be included for income tax purposes when accrual method of accounting is used
Edwards v. South Carolina372 U.S. 229 (1963)First Amendment, protest marches at state capital
Gideon v. WainwrightCriminal procedure372 U.S. 335 (1963)right to counsel
Douglas v. California372 U.S. 353 (1963)Fourteenth Amendment; right of poor defendants to criminal court appeals
Gray v. Sanders372 U.S. 368 (1963)state county districts must conform to "one person, one vote"
Gibson v. Florida Legislative Investigation Committee372 U.S. 539 (1963)requiring person divulge information contained in an organization's membership lists violates freedom of association under First Amendment
Ferguson v. Skrupa372 U.S. 726 (1963)substantive due process, economic liberties
Brady v. MarylandCriminal procedure373 U.S. 83 (1963)exculpatory evidence and due process
Florida Lime & Avocado Growers, Inc. v. Paul373 U.S. 132 (1963)Preemption, Dormant Commerce Clause
Silver v. New York Stock Exchange373 U.S. 341 (1963)duty of self-regulation imposed upon the New York Stock Exchange by the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 did not exempt it from the antitrust laws
Ker v. California374 U.S. 23 (1963)incorporation of the Fourth Amendment protections against unreasonable search & seizure against the states
Abington School District v. SchemppEstablishment Clause374 U.S. 203 (1963)constitutionality of mandatory bible reading in public schools
Sherbert v. VernerFree Exercise Clause374 U.S. 398 (1963)strict scrutiny for religiously-based discrimination in unemployment compensation
England v. Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners375 U.S. 411 (1964)refining procedures for Pullman abstention from deciding issues of state law
Wesberry v. SandersRedistricting, malapportionment376 U.S. 1 (1964)U.S. Congressional districts must conform to "one person, one vote"
Compco Corp. v. Day-Brite Lighting, Inc.376 U.S. 234 (1964)preemption of state unfair competition laws which restrict sale of unpatented items
Sears, Roebuck & Co. v. Stiffel Co.376 U.S. 225 (1964)preemption of state unfair competition laws which restrict sale of unpatented items, decided same day as Compco Corp. v. Day-Brite Lighting, Inc.
New York Times Co. v. SullivanFree Speech376 U.S. 254 (1964)freedom of speech, libel
Banco Nacional de Cuba v. Sabbatino376 U.S. 398 (1964)jurisdiction of federal courts over acts of foreign countries; act of state doctrine
Schneider v. Rusk377 U.S. 163 (1964)Naturalized U.S. citizens have the right to return to and reside in their native countries, and retain their U.S. citizenship, even if they never return to the United States
Massiah v. United States377 U.S. 201 (1964)Sixth Amendment prohibition on police speaking to suspect represented by counsel
Griffin v. County School Board of Prince Edward CountyRacial Segregation377 U.S. 218 (1964)closing the local school and giving white students vouchers to attend schools outside of the county was unconstitutional under the equal protection clause
Wilbur-Ellis Co. v. Kuther377 U.S. 422 (1964)extension of doctrine of repair and reconstruction to enhancement of device's function
Reynolds v. SimsRedistricting, malapportionment377 U.S. 533 (1964)state legislature districts must conform to "one person, one vote"
Malloy v. Hogan378 U.S. 1 (1964)Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination was applicable within state courts as well as federal courts
Griffin v. Maryland378 U.S. 130 (1964)segregation protests
Barr v. City of Columbia378 U.S. 146 (1964)due process and ex post facto law
Robinson v. FloridaCruel and unusual punishment378 U.S. 153 (1964)segregation protests
Jacobellis v. OhioFree Speech378 U.S. 184 (1964)"I know [obscenity] when I see it[.]" – Justice Potter Stewart
Quantity of Books v. Kansas378 U.S. 205 (1964)Seizure of allegedly obscene materials requires prior adversary hearing
Bell v. Maryland378 U.S. 226 (1964)segregation protests
Bouie v. City of Columbia378 U.S. 347 (1964)due process and ex post facto law
United States v. Continental Can Co.378 U.S. 441 (1964)antitrust
Escobedo v. IllinoisCriminal procedure378 U.S. 478 (1964)right to remain silent
Cooper v. Pate378 U.S. 546 (1964)The court ruled for the first time that state prison inmates have the standing to sue in federal court to address their grievances under the Civil Rights Act of 1871.
Beck v. Ohio379 U.S. 89 (1964)probable cause and searches incident to a lawful arrest
McLaughlin v. Florida379 U.S. 184 (1964)striking down an anti-miscegenation law aimed at prevent cohabitation of interracial couples
Heart of Atlanta Motel v. United States379 U.S. 241 (1964)interstate commerce, civil rights, public accommodations
Katzenbach v. McClung379 U.S. 294 (1964)civil rights and interstate commerce, decided same day as Heart of Atlanta Motel v. United States
Stanford v. Texas379 U.S. 476 (1965)Fourth Amendment, Fourteenth Amendment, Unconstitutionality of State issued general warrants
Cox v. Louisiana379 U.S. 536 (1965)First Amendment, "breach of the peace" statutes
Freedman v. Maryland380 U.S. 51 (1965)First Amendment, motion picture censorship
United States v. Seeger380 U.S. 163 (1965)definition of religion for a military draft exemption
Swain v. Alabama380 U.S. 202 (1965)use of struck jury
Hanna v. Plumer380 U.S. 460 (1965)interpretation of the Erie doctrine, Civil Procedure
Dombrowski v. Pfister380 U.S. 479 (1965)federal injunction against state criminal trial for subversion
Harman v. Forssenius380 U.S. 528 (1965)Virginia's partial repeal of the poll tax violated 24th Amendment
Griffin v. California380 U.S. 609 (1965)prosecutor commenting on a defendant's refusal to testify violates the defendant's Fifth Amendment rights
One 1958 Plymouth Sedan v. Pennsylvania380 U.S. 693 (1965)evidence that is obtained in violation of the Fourth Amendment may not be relied on to sustain a civil forfeiture
Griswold v. ConnecticutRight to privacy381 U.S. 479 (1965)privacy, birth control
Estes v. Texas381 U.S. 532 (1965)overturning Billy Sol Estes conviction on 14th Amendment due process grounds due to pretrial publicity
Lamont v. Postmaster General381 U.S. 301 (1965)Declared unconstitutional a Federal statute requiring that addressees of "Communist political propaganda" affirmatively indicate their request to receive such mailings
Albertson v. Subversive Activities Control Board382 U.S. 70 (1965)Communist Party of the United States of America members could not be required to register with the government under the Fifth Amendment
Graham v. John Deere Co.383 U.S. 1 (1966)nonobviousness as a condition of patentability
Baxstrom v. Herold383 U.S. 107 (1966)Prisoners committed to civil mental institutions have a right to a hearing to determine whether or not they are in fact mentally disordered.
Brown v. Louisiana383 U.S. 131 (1966)first amendment, right to protest
South Carolina v. Katzenbach383 U.S. 301 (1966)Voting Rights Act, Fifteenth Amendment
Memoirs v. MassachusettsFree Speech383 U.S. 413 (1966)obscenity
Harper v. Virginia Board of Elections383 U.S. 663 (1966)poll taxes are unconstitutional under the Equal Protection Clause
United Mine Workers of America v. Gibbs383 U.S. 715 (1966)federal court jurisdiction over pendent claims
United States v. Price383 U.S. 787 (1966)the murders of Chaney, Goodman, and Schwerner
Sheppard v. Maxwell384 U.S. 333 (1966)the Sam Sheppard case, defendant's right to a fair trial vs. freedom of the press
Miranda v. ArizonaCriminal procedure384 U.S. 436 (1966)self-incrimination ("right to remain silent")
Federal Trade Commission v. Dean Foods Co.384 U.S. 597 (1966)federal agencies can use the All Writs Act to seek an injunction against a threatened action that will substantially interfere with the agency's performance of its statutory duty
Katzenbach v. Morgan384 U.S. 641 (1966)voting rights, Section 5 power
Schmerber v. California384 U.S. 757 (1966)Unless exigent circumstances exist, state may not take warrantless blood sample from a suspect; Evidence from a blood sample is not compelled testimony and therefore does not implicate the Fifth Amendment privilege against self incrimination
Garrity v. New Jersey385 U.S. 493 (1967)rights of police officers against self-incrimination
Whitus v. Georgia385 U.S. 545 (1967)racial discrimination in jury selection
Redrup v. New York386 U.S. 767 (1967)striking down state power to censor written works of fiction
In Re Gault387 U.S. 1 (1967)due process, juveniles
Abbott Laboratories v. Gardner387 U.S. 136 (1967)reviewability of administrative decisions
Toilet Goods Association, Inc. v. Gardner387 U.S. 158 (1967)ripeness in the context of judicial review of administrative decisions
Afroyim v. Rusk387 U.S. 253 (1967)federal government cannot strip a person of his citizenship
Reitman v. Mulkey387 U.S. 369 (1967)states may repeal laws providing protection against racial discrimination by Amending their state Constitution of referendum if their immediate objective is neutral and not to facilitate private racism
Loving v. VirginiaRacial Segregation388 U.S. 1 (1967)state laws banning interracial marriage (anti-miscegenation laws)
Berger v. New York388 U.S. 41 (1967)Telephone tapping in a bribery case, Fourth Amendment
Curtis Publishing Co. v. Butts388 U.S. 130 (1967)libel; effect of Sullivan on private figures
United States v. Wade388 U.S. 218 (1967)no police lineup without counsel
Gilbert v. California388 U.S. 263 (1967)handwriting
United States v. Robel389 U.S. 258 (1967)First Amendment, right of association
Prima Paint Corp. v. Flood & Conklin Mfg. Co.388 U.S. 395 (1967)Separability principle: challenges to enforceability of contracts with arbitration clauses must be decided by arbitrator unless clause itself is challenged
Katz v. United StatesCriminal procedure389 U.S. 347 (1967)wiretapping as search and seizure
Zschernig v. Miller389 U.S. 429 (1968)foreign relations and state property law preventing inheritance by nonresident aliens
Mora v. McNamara389 U.S. 934 (1967)denial of certiorari in a case questioning the legality of the Vietnam War
Haynes v. United States390 U.S. 85 (1968)Compulsory firearm registration as self-incrimination
Provident Tradesmens Bank & Trust Co. v. Patterson390 U.S. 102 (1968)indispensable parties under the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
Albrecht v. Herald Co.390 U.S. 145 (1968)minimum price agreements between wholesalers and franchisees unlawful under the Sherman Act
Avery v. Midland County390 U.S. 474 (1968)local government districts must conform to "one person, one vote"
Ginsberg v. New York390 U.S. 629 (1968)States can prohibit sale of obscene material to minors
Levy v. Louisiana391 U.S. 68 (1968)An illegitimate child may still sue on behalf of a deceased parent; to deny them this right violates the Fourteenth Amendment
Duncan v. Louisiana391 U.S. 145 (1968)selective incorporation, trial by jury
United States v. O'Brien391 U.S. 367 (1968)free speech, burning draft cards
Menominee Tribe v. United States391 U.S. 404 (1968)Tribal hunting and fishing rights, treaty interpretation
Green v. County School Board of New Kent CountyRacial Segregation391 U.S. 430 (1968)"freedom-of-choice" desegregation plan held unconstitutional
Witherspoon v. Illinois391 U.S. 510 (1968)constitutional status of a death-qualified jury
Pickering v. Board of Education391 U.S. 563 (1968)public employees' free speech rights
Terry v. OhioCriminal procedure392 U.S. 1 (1968)search and seizure, power of police to stop and frisk suspicious persons
Flast v. Cohen392 U.S. 83 (1968)taxpayer standing
United States v. Southwestern Cable Co.392 U.S. 157 (1968)Administrative law
King v. Smith392 U.S. 309 (1968)Aid to Families with Dependent Children cannot be denied to families of qualifying children based on a substitute father
Mancusi v. DeForte392 U.S. 364 (1968)Fourth Amendment allows reasonable expectation of privacy to exist at workplace
Jones v. Mayer392 U.S. 409 (1968)housing discrimination
Epperson v. Arkansas393 U.S. 97 (1968)religiously motivated state law prohibiting the teaching of evolution in publicly funded schools
Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School DistrictFree Speech393 U.S. 503 (1969)freedom of speech in public schools
Shuttlesworth v. Birmingham394 U.S. 147 (1969)overbreadth of local ordinance used by city officials to ban civil rights march
Stanley v. Georgia394 U.S. 557 (1969)private possession of obscene material protected under First Amendment
Street v. New York394 U.S. 576 (1969)free speech, flag burning
Shapiro v. Thompson394 U.S. 618 (1969)Right to travel
Leary v. United States395 U.S. 6 (1969)Marihuana Tax Act of 1937 ruled unconstitutional under the Fifth Amendment
Red Lion Broadcasting Co. v. FCC395 U.S. 367 (1969)Fairness Doctrine, broadcaster responsibilities, freedom of speech
Brandenburg v. OhioFree Speech395 U.S. 444 (1969)freedom of speech, incitement to riot
Powell v. McCormack395 U.S. 486 (1969)political question doctrine, justiciability
Kramer v. Union School District395 U.S. 621 (1969)right to vote in a special election district
Lear, Inc. v. Adkins395 U.S. 653 (1969)overturning the doctrine of licensee estoppel in U.S. patent law
Chimel v. California395 U.S. 752 (1969)search and seizure incident to arrest
Benton v. Maryland395 U.S. 784 (1969)double jeopardy

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