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Case name Citation Summary
Wilkerson v. Utah 1878 capital punishment
Reynolds v. United States 1878 polygamy and freedom of religion
City of Elizabeth v. American Nicholson Pavement Co. 1878 experimental use exception to the on-sale bar in United States patent law
Pennoyer v. Neff 1877 bases of personal jurisdiction over defendants
Munn v. Illinois 1876 corporations and agricultural regulation
United States v. Cruikshank 1875 application of the First and Second Amendments to the states
Totten v. United States 1875 jurisdiction over espionage agreements
Minor v. Happersett 1874 Fourteenth Amendment and the right to vote
Bradwell v. State of Illinois 1873 equal protection, exclusion of women from employment
Slaughterhouse Cases 1873 freedom of employment
Taylor v. Taintor 1872 rights and responsibilities of bail bondsmen
United States v. Klein 1871 separation of powers
Baker v. Morton 1870 land claims in the Nebraska Territory
Hepburn v. Griswold 1870 constitutionality of legal tender laws
Paul v. Virginia 1869 Privileges & Immunities Clause does not apply to corporations, Commerce Clause does not apply to insurance policies
Ex parte Yerger 1869 habeas corpus case that became moot when Yerger was released before the court ruling; therefore not actually heard by the Supreme Court
Texas v. White 1869 constitutionality of state secession
Ex parte McCardle 1868 congressional power to limit Supreme Court’s appellate jurisdiction
United States v. Kirby 1868 construction of criminal statutes
Georgia v. Stanton 1867 power of the Court to rule on constitutionality of Reconstruction Acts; parameters of the Court's jurisdiction