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Johnson v. Eisentrager
The Court decided that U.S. courts had no jurisdiction over German war criminals held in a U.S.-administered prison in Germany. -
Henderson v. United States
The Interstate Commerce Act makes it unlawful for a railroad in interstate commerce to subject any particular person to any undue or unreasonable prejudice or disadvantage in any respect whatsoever. -
Universal Camera Corp. v. NLRB
A court will defer to a federal agency's findings of fact if supported by "substantial evidence on the record considered as a whole. -
Stack v. Boyle
Bail had been set unusually high for the defendants since there was no evidence that they would flee before the trial date, and was therefore in violation of their Eight Amendment rights. -
Rochin v. California
The use at trial of evidence obtained by conduct that "shocks the conscience" violates due process. Second District Court of Appeal for the Second Appellate District of California reversed. -
Frisbie v. Collins
There is nothing in the Constitution that requires a court to permit a guilty person rightfully convicted to escape justice because he was brought to trial against his will. -
Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co. v. Sawyer
The President did not have the inherent authority to seize private property in the absence of either specifically enumerated authority under Article Two of the Constitution or statutory authority conferred on him by Congress. DC District Court affirmed. -
Brown v. Board of Education
Segregation of students in public schools violates the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment, because separate facilities are inherently unequal. District Court of Kansas reversed. -
Commissioner v. Glenshaw Glass Co.
The Court held that Congress, in enacting the income taxation statutes, intended to tax all gain except that which was specifically exempted -
Radovich v. National Football League
Antitrust exemption for professional baseball is specific to that sport and does not apply to professional football -
Yates v. United States
The Court held that to violate the Smith Act, one must encourage others to take some action, not simply hold or assert beliefs. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed and remanded. -
Perez v. Brownell
Congress has the power to revoke a person's United States citizenship as a result of the voluntary performance of specified actions (such as voting in a foreign election), even in the absence of any intent or desire to lose citizenship. -
Sherman v. United States
Government cannot overcome entrapment defense by dissociating itself from informant's conduct; prior related offenses not sufficient to demonstrate predisposition to commit crime if they occurred long before investigation began. -
Speiser v. Randall
Enforcement of this provision through procedures which place the burdens of proof and persuasion on the taxpayers denied them freedom of speech without the procedural safeguards required by the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. -
Frank v. Maryland
Section 120 is valid, and appellant's conviction for resisting an inspection of his house without a warrant did not violate the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.