Supreme Court Case Timeline

Supreme Court Case Timeline

Period: Jan 1, 1943 to Jul 3, 2012

West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette

Jul 3, 1943

WVDid the compulsory flag-salute for public schoolchildren violate the First Amendment?

Everson vs. Board of Education

Jul 3, 1947

Did the New Jersey statute violate the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment as made applicable to the states through the Fourteenth Amendment?

Brown vs. Board of Education

Jul 3, 1954

Does the segregation of children in public schools solely on the basis of race deprive the minority children of the equal protection of the laws guaranteed by the 14th Amendment?

Engel vs. Vitale

Jul 3, 1962

Does the reading of a nondenominational prayer at the start of the school day violate the "establishment of religion" clause of the First Amendment?

Tinker vs. Des Moines

Jul 3, 1970

Does a prohibition against the wearing of armbands in public school, as a form of symbolic protest, violate the First Amendment's freedom of speech protections?

Goss vs. Lopez

Jul 3, 1975

Did the imposition of the suspensions without preliminary hearings violate the students' Due Process rights guaranteed by the Fourteenth Amendment?

Hazelwood vs. Kuhlmeier

Jul 3, 1983

LinkDid the principal's deletion of the articles violate the students' rights under the First Amendment?

New Jersey vs. TLO

Jul 3, 1985

Did the search violate the Fourth and Fourteenth Amendments?

Bethel SD 403 vs. Fraser

Jul 3, 1987

Does the First Amendment prevent a school district from disciplining a high school student for giving a lewd speech at a high school assembly?

Zobrest vs. Catalina SD

Jul 3, 1993

May a school district decline to provide an interpreter to a deaf child based on the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment?

Santa Fe Independent SD vs. Doe

Jul 3, 2000

Does the Santa Fe Independent School District's policy permitting student-led, student-initiated prayer at football games violate the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment?

Board of Education Pottawatomie County vs. Earls

Jul 3, 2002

Is the Student Activities Drug Testing Policy, which requires all students who participate in competitive extracurricular activities to submit to drug testing, consistent with the Fourth Amendment?

Zelma vs. Simmons-Harris

Jul 3, 2002

Does Ohio's school voucher program violate the Establishment Clause?

Grutter vs. Bollinger

Jul 3, 2003

Does the University of Michigan Law School's use of racial preferences in student admissions violate the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment or Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964?

Roper vs. Simmons

Jul 3, 2005

Does the execution of minors violate the prohibition of "cruel and unusual punishment" found in the Eighth Amendment and applied to the states through the incorporation doctrine of the 14th Amendment?

Morse v. Frederick

Jul 3, 2006

Does the First Amendment allow public schools to prohibit students from displaying messages promoting the use of illegal drugs at school-supervised events?