| Case name |
Citation |
Summary |
| Reed v. Reed |
1971 |
extended Fourteenth Amendment rights to women[note 1]
^ Reed v. Reed - Significance, Notable Trials and Court Cases - 1963 to 1972
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| New York Times Co. v. United States |
1971 |
freedom of the press, national security, Pentagon Papers |
| Clay v. United States |
1971 |
Since the Appeal Board gave no reason for the denial of a conscientious objector exemption, petitioner's conviction must be reversed |
| Lemon v. Kurtzman |
1971 |
laws without a secular purpose violate the Establishment Clause |
| Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents |
1971 |
implied right of action in the Fourth Amendment |
| Cohen v. California |
1971 |
freedom of speech, fighting words/obscenity, “fuck the draft” |
| Coates v. Cincinnati |
1971 |
criminal offenses on sidewalk |
| United States v. Thirty-seven Photographs |
1971 |
Constitutionality of ban on importation of obscene material |
| California v. Byers |
1971 |
Statute requiring drivers to provide personal information at the scene of an accident does not infringe on one's Fifth Amendment privilege against self-incrimination |
| Richardson v. Perales |
1971 |
physicians' written reports of medical examinations of a disability claimant could constitute "substantial evidence" supportive of finding nondisability under the Social Security Act. |
| Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education |
1971 |
use of busing for school desegregation |
| Haywood v. National Basketball Association |
1971 |
Sherman Antitrust Act applied to the NBA |
| Griggs v. Duke Power Co. |
1971 |
employment discrimination; disparate effect of employer practices |
| Citizens to Preserve Overton Park v. Volpe |
1971 |
judicial review of administrative agency actions |
| Younger v. Harris |
1971 |
abstention doctrine |
| In re Stolar |
1971 |
a state cannot require bar applicants to list every organization he or she belonged to since starting law school--decided same day as Baird v. State Bar of Arizona |
| Baird v. State Bar of Arizona |
1971 |
states cannot ban people from legal practice due to Communist party membership |
| Massachusetts v. Laird |
1970 |
Court declined to hear a case related to the Constitutionality of the Vietnam War |
| Oregon v. Mitchell |
1970 |
age and voting rights in state elections |
| North Carolina v. Alford |
1970 |
guilty plea in criminal case |