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Case name Citation Summary
Cumming v. Richmond County Board of Education 1899 segregation in public schools
Malony v. Adsit 1899 trial judge must authenticate bill of exceptions
Brown v. New Jersey 1899 use of a struck jury
Williams v. Mississippi 1898 literacy tests
Hawker v. New York 1898 character and doctor’s licenses
United States v. Wong Kim Ark 1898 citizenship and race
Holden v. Hardy 1898 working hours of miners
Barrett v. United States 1898 South Carolina had not been subdivided into separate federal judicial districts
Interstate Commerce Commission v. Cincinnati, New Orleans and Texas Pacific Railway Co. 1897 powers of an administrative agency
United States v. Trans-Missouri Freight Association 1897 railroads and rate fixing
United States v. Ball 1896 double jeopardy
Plessy v. Ferguson 1896 segregation; "separate but equal"
Talton v. Mayes 1896 individual rights in U.S. Constitution not applicable to tribal governments
Geer v. Connecticut 1896 states owned the wild animals within their borders and can strictly regulate their management and harvest
Rosen v. United States 1896 defendant's ability to inspect evidence at obscenity trial overcame objection that indictment was too vague
Hilton v. Guyot 1895 doctrine of comity
Pollock v. Farmers' Loan & Trust Co. 1895 income tax and tariffs
In re Debs 1895 strikes and interstate commerce
Coffin v. United States 1895 the presumption of innocence
Sparf v. United States 1895 jury instructions