| Case name |
Citation |
Summary |
|---|
| Edwards v. California |
314 U.S. 160 (1941) |
Commerce Clause, privileges and immunities clause of the 14th Amendment |
| Lisenba v. People of State of California |
314 U.S. 219 (1941) |
death penalty |
| Chaplinsky v. New Hampshire |
315 U.S. 568 (1942) |
fighting words |
| Valentine v. Chrestensen |
316 U.S. 52 (1942) |
holding that commercial speech is unprotected by the 1st Amendment |
| United States v. Univis Lens Co. |
316 U.S. 241 (1942) |
exhaustion doctrine under U.S. patent law and its relation to price fixing |
| Betts v. Brady |
316 U.S. 455 (1942) |
due process, incorporation |
| Skinner v. Oklahoma |
316 U.S. 535 (1942) |
compulsory sterilization, eugenics |
| Jones v. City of Opelika I |
316 U.S. 584 (1942) |
holding a statute prohibiting the sale of books without a license was constitutional |
| Ex parte Quirin |
317 U.S. 1 (1942) |
military tribunals for enemy spies |
| Wickard v. Filburn |
317 U.S. 111 (1942) |
Commerce Clause |
| Williams et al. v. State of North Carolina |
317 U.S. 287 (1942) |
Divorce and marriage recognition between states |
| Parker v. Brown |
317 U.S. 341 (1943) |
Parker immunity doctrine in United States antitrust law |
| Clearfield Trust Co. v. United States |
318 U.S. 363 (1943) |
Negotiable instruments, Federal common law |
| Largent v. State of Texas |
318 U.S. 418 (1943) |
city ordinance requiring permits in order to solicit orders for books is unconstitutional as applied to the distribution of religious publications |
| Jones v. City of Opelika II |
319 U.S. 103 (1943) |
Overruling Jones v. City of Opelika I on rehearing |
| Murdock v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania |
319 U.S. 105 (1943) |
licensing fee for door-to-door solicitors was an unconstitutional tax on the Jehovah's Witnesses' right to freely exercise their religion—decided same day as Jones v. City of Opelika II |
| Martin v. Struthers |
319 U.S. 141 (1943) |
law prohibiting the distribution of handbills door-to-door violated the First Amendment rights of a Jehovah's Witness—decided same day as Jones v. City of Opelika II |
| Douglas v. City of Jeannette |
319 U.S. 157 (1943) |
restraint of criminal prosecution for violation of ordinance disputed in Murdock v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania—decided same day as Jones v. City of Opelika II |
| National Broadcasting Co. Inc. v. United States |
319 U.S. 190 (1943) |
regulation of broadcasting networks |
| Burford v. Sun Oil Co. |
319 U.S. 315 (1943) |
Abstention doctrine |
| Altvater v. Freeman |
319 U.S. 359 (1943) |
justiciability and declaratory judgments |
| Galloway v. United States |
319 U.S. 372 (1943) |
directed verdict, 7th Amendment |
| Oklahoma Tax Commission v. United States |
319 U.S. 598 (1943) |
restricted Indian land is exempt from state estate taxes |
| West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette |
319 U.S. 624 (1943) |
1st Amendment, establishment of religion (Pledge of Allegiance) |
| Hirabayashi v. United States |
320 U.S. 81 (1943) |
curfews against members of a minority group during a war with their country of origin |
| Yasui v. United States |
320 U.S. 115 (1943) |
validity of curfews against U.S. citizens of a minority group during war |
| Prince v. Massachusetts |
321 U.S. 158 (1944) |
religious liberty and child labor |
| Follett v. Town of McCormick |
321 U.S. 573 (1944) |
licensing fees for distribution of religious materials violates freedom of religion |
| Tennessee Coal, Iron & Railroad Co. v. Muscoda Local No. 123 |
321 U.S. 590 (1944) |
miners' travel time was "work" under the Fair Labor Standards Act |
| Smith v. Allwright |
321 U.S. 649 (1944) |
voting rights, segregation |
| United States v. Ballard |
322 U.S. 78 (1944) |
religious fraud |
| NLRB v. Hearst Publications |
322 U.S. 111 (1944) |
determining whether newsboys are employees or independent contractors for the purposes of the National Labor Relations Act |
| United States v. South-Eastern Underwriters Association |
322 U.S. 533 (1944) |
applying Sherman Antitrust Act to insurance contracts |
| Skidmore v. Swift & Co. |
323 U.S. 134 (1944) |
early standard for judicial review of interpretive rules made by government agencies |
| Korematsu v. United States |
323 U.S. 214 (1944) |
Japanese Internment camps |
| Ex parte Endo |
323 U.S. 283 (1944) |
Japanese-American internment and loyalty, decided same day as Korematsu |
| United States v. Willow River Power Co. |
324 U.S. 499 (1945) |
nature of property rights which constitute a compensable taking |
| Cramer v. United States |
325 U.S. 1 (1945) |
conviction for treason |
| Jewell Ridge Coal Corp. v. United Mine Workers of America |
325 U.S. 161 (1945) |
underground travel time of coal miners was considered compensable work time under the Fair Labor Standards Act |
| Southern Pacific Company v. Arizona |
325 U.S. 761 (1945) |
Dormant Commerce Clause |
| Guaranty Trust Co. v. York |
326 U.S. 99 (1945) |
Interpretation of the Erie Doctrine |
| United States v. Detroit & Cleveland Nav. Co. |
326 U.S. 236 (1945) |
regulation of common carrier capacity under the Interstate Commerce Act |
| International Shoe Co. v. Washington |
326 U.S. 310 (1945) |
personal jurisdiction of states over corporations in other states |
| Commissioner v. Flowers |
326 U.S. 465 (1946) |
tax deduction for travel expenses under the Internal Revenue Code |
| Marsh v. Alabama |
326 U.S. 501 (1946) |
First and Fourteenth Amendments still applicable against a company town |
| Tucker v. Texas |
326 U.S. 517 (1946) |
Local ordinance prohibiting distribution of religious literature violated Free Exercise Clause of the First Amendment |
| Estep v. United States |
327 U.S. 114 (1946) |
judicial review of draft board determinations |
| Duncan v. Kahanamoku |
327 U.S. 304 (1946) |
constitutionality of military tribunals under the Hawaiian Organic Act |
| Commissioner v. Wilcox |
327 U.S. 404 (1946) |
embezzled funds not considered taxable income, later overruled by James v. United States |
| Lavender v. Kurn |
327 U.S. 645 (1946) |
sufficiency of evidence to send a case to a jury |
| North American Co. v. Securities and Exchange Commission |
327 U.S. 686 (1946) |
utility divestiture under the Public Utility Holding Company Act |
| Girouard v. United States |
328 U.S. 61 (1946) |
pacifism is not a reason to deny an immigrant citizenship. Overturned United States v. Schwimmer (1929). |
| United States v. Causby |
328 U.S. 256 (1946) |
the ancient common law doctrine of ad coelum has no legal effect "in the modern world." |
| Securities and Exchange Commission v. W. J. Howey Co. |
328 U.S. 293 (1946) |
definition of "investment contract" under the Securities Act of 1933 |
| Colegrove v. Green |
328 U.S. 549 (1946) |
federal courts had no power to become involved in state legislative apportionment—later overruled by Baker v. Carr |
| Pinkerton v. United States |
328 U.S. 640 (1946) |
the doctrine of conspiracy, Pinkerton Liability |
| Anderson v. Mt. Clemens Pottery Co. |
328 U.S. 680 (1946) Girouard v. United States, 328 U.S. 61 (1946) |
Preliminary work activities are covered by the Fair Labor Standards Act |
