| Case name |
Citation |
Summary |
| United States v. Stanley |
1987 |
soldier's tort claim related to Project MKULTRA barred |
| Rankin v. McPherson |
1987 |
free speech rights of federal employees |
| Puerto Rico v. Branstad |
1987 |
Federal court enforcement of extradition of fugitives |
| South Dakota v. Dole |
1987 |
use of federal funding to encourage changes in state laws—here, raising the drinking age in all states from 18 to 21 |
| Edwards v. Aguillard |
1987 |
constitutionality of mandating teaching of creation science in conjunction with evolution |
| Board of Airport Commissioners of Los Angeles v. Jews for Jesus, Inc. |
1987 |
constitutionality of broad free speech prohibitions |
| O'Lone v. Estate of Shabazz |
1987 |
not a violation of the Free Exercise Clause to deprive an inmate of attending a religious service for "legitimate penological interests." |
| First English Evangelical Lutheran Church v. Los Angeles County |
1987 |
substantive due process, temporary taking |
| Turner v. Safley |
1987 |
free speech and marriage rights of prison inmates |
| United States v. Salerno |
1987 |
upholding Bail Reform Act of 1984 as not violating Due Process or Excessive Bail clauses |
| Hodel v. Irving |
1987 |
Fifth Amendment taking of fractional interests in Native American lands |
| Saint Francis College v. al-Khazraji |
1987 |
persons of Arabian ancestry may make claims for race discrimination under 42 U.S.C. § 1981 |
| Pennsylvania v. Finley |
1987 |
right to counsel in post-conviction proceedings |
| McCleskey v. Kemp |
1987 |
race discrimination and the death penalty |
| Tison v. Arizona |
1987 |
Felony murder and the death penalty: death penalty is constitutional for major participants in felonies who exhibit extreme indifference to human life, even if someone else personally kills the victim |
| O'Connor v. Ortega |
1987 |
Fourth Amendment rights of public employees |
| Keystone Bituminous Coal Ass'n v. Debenedictus |
1987 |
substantive due process, the takings clause of the 5th Amendment |
| Immigration and Naturalization Service v. Cardoza-Fonseca |
1987 |
Asylum applicants must show "well-founded fear" of persecution to establish their eligibility |
| United States v. Dunn |
1987 |
open fields doctrine |
| Arizona v. Hicks |
1987 |
probable cause relating to the plain view doctrine under the Fourth Amendment |