| Case name |
Citation |
Summary |
| Ray v. Blair |
1952 |
state rights in the electoral college |
| Frisbie v. Collins |
1952 |
kidnapping of fugitives by state officials is constitutional |
| Perkins v. Benguet Mining Co. |
1952 |
general personal jurisdiction over a business that was temporarily based in the court's jurisdiction |
| Morissette v. United States |
1952 |
strict liability offenses |
| Rochin v. California |
1952 |
restriction of police power |
| Stack v. Boyle |
1951 |
defines excessive bail |
| Dennis v. United States |
1951 |
First Amendment and the Smith Act |
| Joint Anti-Fascist Refugee Committee v. McGrath |
1951 |
freedom of association |
| Canton Railroad Company v. Rogan |
1951 |
Maryland's franchise tax on imported and exported goods held not to violate the Import-Export Clause of the United States Constitution |
| Universal Camera Corp. v. NLRB |
1951 |
judicial review of agency decisions |
| Dean Milk Co. v. City of Madison, Wisconsin |
1951 |
Dormant Commerce Clause |
| Feiner v. New York |
1951 |
Free speech v. public safety--decided same day as Kunz v. New York |
| Kunz v. New York |
1951 |
free speech restrictions must be "narrowly tailored" |
| Kiefer-Stewart Co. v. Seagram & Sons, Inc. |
1951 |
agreement among competitors in interstate commerce to fix maximum resale prices of their products violates the Sherman Act |
| Feres v. United States |
1950 |
Military exception to government liability under the Federal Tort Claims Act |
| Henderson v. United States |
1950 |
ending segregation in railroad dining cars |
| Johnson v. Eisenträger |
1950 |
jurisdiction of U.S. civilian courts over nonresident enemy aliens; habeas corpus |
| McLaurin v. Oklahoma State Regents |
1950 |
Fourteenth Amendment, segregation |
| Sweatt v. Painter |
1950 |
segregation, separate but equal |
| Graver Tank & Manufacturing Co. v. Linde Air Products Co. |
1950 |
patent law, doctrine of equivalents |