Landmark Supreme Court cases

Presents background information, the case itself, & the far-reaching impact it has had. - A library of the most important United States Supreme Court cases. Examines the issues leading up to the case, the people involved in the case, and the present-day effects of the Court's decision. Each book contains chapter notes, a further reading list, and an index.

This book discusses the cases brought by the Cherokee Nation and its supporters against the state of Georgia beginning in the 1830s to protect the rights of the Cherokee living there.

The landmark Supreme Court case that dealt with drawing the line between legal and illegal searches of private residences and what evidence obtained from such searches is admissible in court.

Describes the 1995 Supreme Court case which held that public school officals could do mandatory drug testing if they showed that a drug problem existed among the students, even though individual students were not suspected.

This book examines the ideas and arguments of the people behind this landmark case.

Describes the landmark Supreme Court case of Dred Scott, a slave who sued for his freedom, and includes the events leading up to the case, the Supreme Court's ruling, and how it affected future cases and the history of the United States.

Discusses the landmark Supreme Court case of Fred Korematsu who fought the executive order that all Japanese-Americans report to internment camps during World War II.