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Essential Supreme Court Decisions Essential Supreme Court Decisions Summaries of Leading Cases in U.S. Constitutional Law Fifteenth Edition JOHN R. VILE ROWMAN & LITTLEFIELD PUBLISHERS, INC. Lanham • Boulder • New York • Toronto • Plymouth, UK Published by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc. A wholly owned subsidiary of The Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Inc. 4501 Forbes Boulevard, Suite 200, Lanham, Maryland 20706 www.rowmanlittlefield.com Estover Road, Plymouth PL6 7PY, United Kingdom Copyright © 2010 by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any electronic or mechanical means, including information storage and retrieval systems, without written permission from the publisher, except by a reviewer who may quote passages in a review. British Library Cataloguing in Publication Information Available Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Vile, John R. Essential Supreme Court decisions : summaries of leading cases in U.S. constitutional law / John R. Vile. — 15th ed. p. cm. Rev. ed. of: Summaries of leading cases on the Constitution / Joseph F. Menez and John R. Vile. 14th ed. 2004. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-1-4422-0384-6 (cloth : alk. paper) — ISBN 978-1-4422-0385-3 (pbk. : alk. paper) — ISBN 978-1-4422-0386-0 (electronic) 1. Constitutional law—United States—Digests. I. Menez, Joseph Francis, 1917– Summaries of leading cases on the Constitution. II. Title. KF4547.4.V55 2010 342.7300264—dc22 2010008375 ϱ ™ The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of American National Standard for Information Sciences—Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI/NISO Z39.48-1992. Printed in the United States of America Contents Preface to the Fifteenth Edition xxi Acknowledgments xxv This Is Our Supreme Court xxvii 1 Article I: The Legislative Branch 1 Powers 2 Commerce 2 Gibbons v. Ogden (1824) 2 Brown v. Maryland (1827) 3 Cooley v. Board of Wardens (1851) 4 United States v. E. C. Knight Co. (1895) 5 In re Debs (1895) 6 Champion v. Ames (1903) 7 The Shreveport Case (1914) 8 Hammer v. Dagenhart (1918) 9 Stafford v. Wallace (1922) 10 Ashwander v. Tennessee Valley Authority (1936) 11 Kentucky Whip and Collar Co. v. Illinois Central R.R. Co. (1937) 12 West Coast Hotel Co. v. Parrish (1937) 13 [United States v. Carolene Products Company (1938)]* [United States v. F. W. Darby Lumber Co. (1941)] Wickard v. Filburn (1942) 14 * Brackets denote related cases found in other chapters of this book. v vi Contents United States v. Southeastern Underwriters Association (1944) 15 Heart of Atlanta Motel, Inc. v. United States (1964) 16 United States v. Lopez (1995) 17 Jones v. United States (2000) 18 [United States v. Morrison (2000)] Gonzales v. Raich (2005) 19 Delegation of Powers 21 J.W. Hampton, Jr. & Co. v. United States (1928) 21 Panama Refining Co. v. Ryan (1935) 22 Schechter Poultry Corp. v. United States (1935) 23 United States v. Curtiss-Wright Export Corp. (1936) 24 Yakus v. United States (1944) 25 Mistretta v. United States (1989) 26 Implied Powers 28 McCulloch v. Maryland (1819) 28 McGrain v. Daugherty (1927) 29 Watkins v. United States (1957) 29 Barenblatt v. United States (1959) 30 Taxing/Spending and Regulatory Powers 31 Hylton v. United States (1796) 31 Veazie Bank v. Fenno (1869) 32 Collector v. Day (1871) 33 Legal Tender Cases (1871) 34 Pollock v. Farmers’ Loan and Trust Co. (1895) 35 Northern Securities Co. v. United States (1904) 37 McCray v. United States (1904) 38 South Carolina v. United States (1905) 38 Swift and Co. v. United States (1905) 39 Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey v. United States (1910) 40 Bailey v. Drexel Furniture Co. (1922) 41 United States v. Butler (1936) 42 Steward Machine Co. v. Davis (1937) 42 National Labor Relations Board v. Jones & Laughlin Steel Corporation (1937) 43 Helvering v. Davis (1937) 45 Graves v. New York ex rel. O’Keefe (1939) 45 Mulford v. Smith (1939) 47 Contents vii National Labor Relations Board v. Yeshiva University (1980) 48 NCAA v. Board of Regents of University of Oklahoma (1984) 48 South Dakota v. Dole (1987) 49 Eldred v. Ashcroft (2003) 50 Privileges and Terms of Members 51 Powell v. McCormack (1969) 51 Gravel v. United States (1972) 52 U.S. Term Limits, Inc. v. Thornton (1995) 53 2 Article II: The Executive Branch 57 Powers 58 Martin v. Mott (1827) 58 Ex parte Merryman (1861) 59 Mississippi v. Johnson (1867) 60 In re Neagle (1890) 61 Myers v. United States (1926) 62 Ex parte Grossman (1925) 63 Rathbun, Humphrey’s Executor v. United States (1935) 64 Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co. v. Sawyer (1952) 65 Dames and Moore v. Regan (1981) 66 Haig v. Agee (1981) 67 Privileges and Limitations 68 United States v. Nixon (1974) 68 Nixon v. Fitzgerald (1982) 69 Clinton v. Jones (1997) 70 3 Articles I and II: Distinct Yet Overlapping Powers 73 Separation of Powers Issues 74 United States v. Lovett (1946) 74 Immigration and Naturalization Service v. Chadha (1983) 75 Bowsher v. Snyar (1986) 77 Morrison v. Olson (1988) 78 Clinton v. City of New York (1998) 79 Treaties and Executive Agreements 80 Head Money Cases (1884) 80 Missouri v. Holland (1920) 81 viii Contents United States v. Belmont (1937) 82 Goldwater v. Carter (1979) 83 War-Making Powers 84 The Prize Cases (1863) 84 Ex parte Milligan (1866) 85 Selective Draft Law Cases (1918) 86 Hamilton v. Kentucky Distilleries & Warehouse Co. (1919) 87 Ex parte Quirin (1942) 88 Korematsu v. United States (1944) 89 Duncan v. Kahanamoku (1946) 90 Woods v. Cloyd W. Miller Co. (1948) 90 Johnson v. Eisentrager (1950) 91 [Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co. v. Sawyer (1952)] Rostker v. Goldberg (1981) 93 Hamdi v. Rumsfeld (2004) 93 Rasul v. Bush (2004) 95 Hamdan v. Rumsfeld (2006) 97 Boudmediene v. Bush (2008) 100 4 Article III: The Judicial Branch 103 Judicial Jurisdiction and Standing 105 Marbury v. Madison (1803) 105 Martin v. Hunter’s Lessee (1816) 106 Cohens v. Virginia (1821) 107 Eakin v. Raub (1825) 108 Ableman v. Booth (1859) 109 Ex parte McCardle (1869) 110 Commonwealth of Massachussetts v. Mellon (Frothingham v. Mellon) (1923) 111 Erie Railroad Co. v. Tompkins (1938) 112 Cooper v. Aaron (1958) 113 Flast v. Cohen (1968) 114 Stone v. Powell (1976) 115 Missouri v. Jenkins (1990) 116 Elk Grove v. Newdow (2004) 118 Political Questions Doctrine 119 Luther v. Borden (1849) 119 Muskrat v. United States (1911) 120 [Coleman v. Miller (1939)] Contents ix Baker v. Carr (1962) 121 [Powell v. McCormack (1969)] Nixon v. United States (1993) 123 5 Articles IV and VI: Federalism 125 Eleventh Amendment and Sovereign Immunity of States 127 Hans v. Louisiana (1890) 127 Monaco v. Mississippi (1934) 128 Alden v. Maine (1999) 128 Kimel v. Florida Board of Regents (2000) 130 University of Alabama Board of Trustees v. Garrett (2001) 131 Lapides v. Board of Regents of University of Georgia (2002) 132 Federal Maritime Commission v. South Carolina State Ports Authority (2002) 133 Federal Preemption 134 Southern Pacific Co. v. Arizona (1945) 134 Pennsylvania v. Nelson (1956) 135 Sprietsman v. Mercury Marine (2002) 136 Judicial Jurisdiction over States 137 Chisholm v. Georgia (1793) 137 [Cohens v. Virginia (1821)] Cherokee Nation v. Georgia (1831) 138 Worcester v. Georgia (1832) 139 Puerto Rico v. Branstad (1987) 140 Limits on the States 141 [McCulloch v. Maryland (1819)] Leisy v. Hardin (1890) 141 Virginia v. Tennessee (1893) 142 Edwards v. California (1941) 143 Camps Newfound/Owatonna v. Town of Harrison (1997) 143 Crosby v. National Foreign Trade Council (2000) 145 Cook v. Gralike (2001) 146 Smith v. Doe (2003) 147 [Gonzales v. Raich (2005)] Limits on Federal Regulation of States 148 New York v. United States (1992) 148 x Contents [United States v. Lopez (1995)] Printz v. United States, Mack v. United States (1997) 150 United States v. Morrison (2000) 151 Status of the States 153 Texas v. White (1869) 153 [Slaughterhouse Cases (1873)] Coyle v. Smith (1911) 154 Ziffrin v. Reeves (1939) 155 Tenth Amendment and State Police Powers 156 United States v. F. W. Darby Lumber Co. (1941) 156 National League of Cities v. Usery (1976) 157 Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Wyoming (1983) 158 Garcia v. San Antonio Metropolitan Transit Authority (1985) 159 6 Articles V and VII: Constitutional Amending Process and Ratification of the Constitution 161 The Amending Process 162 Hollingsworth v. Virginia (1798) 162 National Prohibition Cases (1920) 163 Hawke v. Smith (1920) 164 Dillon v. Gloss (1921) 165 Coleman v. Miller (1939) 166 7 Property Rights 169 Contract Clause (Article 1, Section 10) 171 Calder v. Bull (1798) 171 Fletcher v. Peck (1810) 171 Trustees of Dartmouth College v. Woodward (1819) 172 Charles River Bridge Co. v. Warren River Bridge (1837) 173 Stone v. Mississippi (1880) 174 Home Building and Loan Association v. Blaisdell (1934) 175 United States Trust Co. v. New Jersey (1977) 176 Due Process (Economic) and Freedom of Contract (Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments) 177 Slaughterhouse Cases (1873) 177 Munn v. Illinois (1877) 178 Contents xi Santa Clara County v. Southern Pacific Railroad Company (1886) 180 Holden v. Hardy (1898) 180 Lochner v. New Yok (1905) 181 Muller v. Oregon (1908) 182 Bunting v. Oregon (1917) 183 Adkins v. Children’s Hospital (1923) 184 Nebbia v. New York (1934) 185 Morehead v. New York ex rel. Tipaldo (1936) 186 [West Coast Hotel Co. v. Parrish (1937)] Lincoln Federal Labor Union No. 19129 v. Northwestern Iron and Metal Co. (1949) 187 Giboney v. Empire Storage & Ice Co. (1949) 188 BMW of North America, Inc. v. Gore (1996) 189 State Farm Mutual Auto Insurance Company v. Campbell (2003) 190 Takings Clause (Fifth Amendment) 192 Village of Euclid, Ohio, v.