Issue: President Adams appointed several Federal Justices as "midnight appointments", President Madison did not want them and witheld their pay, one of the judges brought suit for back pay
Signifigence: Set up the policy of Judicial Review
Issue: New Hampshire was attempting to regulate Dartmouth college who claimed they couldn't because they had a royal charter
Signifigence: Declared the sanctity of contracts
Issue: A man was granted monopoly right for water transport in New York and went against another man granted monopoly rights by the US
Decision: In favor of Gibbons (granted by US)
Signifigence: Laws of congress are supreme (supercede states)
Issue: Maryland attempted to tax the banks in its state (including the BUS)
Significance: Congress had the right to a national bank due to the ellastic clause and the states could not interfere with a federal bank
Issue: Munn had run a grain wharehouse yet didn't app
Issue: Single mother (Roe) brought suit challenging Texas law not permitting abortion
Significance: Right to an attorney at questioning and right to remain silent
Significance: Held that a principal could not illegilly search a student
Issue: Health officials challenged the missouri statue which defended the rights of unborn children
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