Meyer v. State of Nebraska 262 u.s. 390 (1923)
(Language in Schools)

Pierce v. Society of Sisters 268 u.s. 510 (1925)
(Compulsory Education)

State of Missouri Ex Rel. Gaines v. Canada, 305 U.S. 337 (1938)
(School segregation)

Minersville School District v. Board of Education 310 u.s. 586 (1940)
(14th Amendment and compulsory Pledge of Allegiance)

West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette 319 u.s. 624 (1943)
(Compulsory Pledge of Allegiance overturned)

Everson v. Board of Education of the Township of Ewing 330 u.s. 1 (1947)
(Establishment Clause)

Illinois ex rel. McCollum v. Board of Education of School District 333 u.s. 203 (1948)
(Establishment Clause)

Sweatt v. Painter 339 u.s. 629 (1950)
(School segregation)

McLaurin v. Oklahoma State Regents 339 u.s. 637 (1950)
(School segregation)

Adler v. Board of Education of City of New York 342 u.s. 485 (1952)
(Membership in organizations)

Zorach v. Clauson 343 u.s. 306 (1952)
(1st Amendment/Free Exercise)

Brown v. Board of Education 347 u.s. 483 (1954)
(Segregation of white and Negro children in the public schools of a State solely on the basis of race, pursuant to state laws permitting or requiring such segregation, denies to Negro children the equal protection of the laws guaranteed by the Fourteenth Amendment - even though the physical facilities and other "tangible" factors of white and Negro schools may be equal.)

Bolling v. Sharpe 347 u.s. 497 (1954)
(In view of our decision that the Constitution prohibits the states from maintaining racially segregated public schools, it would be unthinkable that the same Constitution would impose a lesser duty on the Federal Government. We hold that racial segregation in the public schools of the District of Columbia is a denial of the due process of law guaranteed by the Fifth Amendment to the Constitution.)

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(Reargued: Racial discrimination in public education is unconstitutional, and all provisions of federal, state or local law requiring or permitting such discrimination must yield to this principle.)

Slochower v. Board of Higher Education of New York City 350 u.s. 551 (1956)
(14th Amendment – government employees have Due Process rights)

Barenblatt v. United States 360 u.s. 109 (1959)
(individual interests are subordinate to those of the Government)

Shelton v. Tucker 364 u.s. 479 (1960)
(1st Amendment -- To compel a teacher to disclose his every associational tie is to impair his right of free association, a right closely allied to freedom of speech and a right which, like free speech, lies at the foundation of a free society.)

Engel v. Vitale 370 u.s. 421 (1962)
(1st Amendment -- Because of the prohibition of the First Amendment against the enactment of any law "respecting an establishment of religion," which is made applicable to the States by the Fourteenth Amendment, state officials may not compose an official state prayer and require that it be recited in the public schools of the State at the beginning of each school day - even if the prayer is denominationally neutral and pupils who wish to do so may remain silent or be excused from the room while the prayer is being recited.)

School District of Abington Township, Pennsylvania v. Schempp 374 u.s. 203 (1963)
(1st Amendment – compulsory prayer in schools violates Establishment clause)

Keyishian v. Board of Regents 385 u.s. 589 (1967)
(Loyalty oaths unconstitutional)

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(School Integation)

Maryland v. Wirtz 392 u.s. 183 (1968)
(Employment)

Board of Education v. Allen 392 u.s. 236 (1968)
(First Amendment)

Epperson v. Arkansas 393 u.s. 97 (1968)
(Evolution)

Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School Dist. 393 u.s. 503 (1969)
(Students’ Right)

Hadley v. Junior College District of Metropolitan Kansas City 397 u.s. 50 (1970)
(14th Amendment)

Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education 402 u.s. 1 (1971)
(School integration)

North Carolina State Board of Education v. Swann 402 u.s. 43 (1971)
(School integration)

Lemon v. Kurtzman 403 u.s. 602 (1971)
(Religion in Schools)

Wisconsin v. Yoder 406 u.s. 205 (1972)
(Free Exercise/Compulsory Attendance)

Grayned v. City of Rockford 408 u.s. 104 (1972)
(First Amendment)

Board of Regents of State Colleges v. Roth 408 u.s. 564 (1972)
(Due Process)

Perry v. Sindermann 408 u.s. 593 (1972)
(Due Process)

San Antonio Independent School District v. Rodriguez 411 u.s. 1 (1973)
(14th Amendment – Equal Protection)

Keyes v. School District No. 1, Denver, Colorado 413 u.s. 189 (1973)
(School integration)

Lau v. Nichols 414 u.s. 563 (1974)
(Bilingual Educ.)

Cleveland Board of Education v. LaFleur 414 u.s. 632 (1974)
(5th Amendment -- Due Process)

Milliken v. Bradley 418 u.s. 717 (1974)
(School integration)

Goss v. Lopez 419 u.s. 565 (1975)
(5th Amendment -- Due Process)

Ingraham v. Wright 430 u.s. 651 (1977)
(Corporal Punishemnt)

Milliken v. Bradley 433 u.s. 267 (1977)
(School integration)

Regents of the Univ. of Cal. v. Bakke 438 u.s. 265 (1978)
(Race-based Admissions)

Ambach v. Norwick, 441 U.S. 68 (1979)
(14th Amendment – teacher certification)

Stone v. Graham 449 u.s. 39 (1980)

(1st Amendment – 10 Commandments)

Widmar v. Vincent 454 u.s. 263 (1981)
(1st Amendment – school facilities use)

Plyler v. Doe 457 u.s. 202 (1982)
(14th Amendment – education of illegal aliens)


Board of Education, Island Trees Union Free School District No. 26 v. Pico by Pico, 457 U.S. 853 (1998)
(1st Amendment – school library holdings)

Mississippi University for Women v. Hogan 458 u.s. 718 (1982)
(14th Amendment)

Bob Jones Univ. v. United States 461 u.s. 574 (1983)
(Tax exempt institutions may not discriminate on the basis of race)

Mueller v. Allen 463 u.s. 388 (1983)
(1st Amendment – states can provide certain help to private, religious school)

Allen v. Wright 468 u.s. 737 (1984)
( Reversed a decision to deny tax-exempt status to a Mississippi school)

New Jersey v. T.L.O. 469 u.s. 325 (1985)
(4th Amendment – students’ rights)

Wallace v. Jaffree 472 u.s. 38 (1985)
(1st Amendment – Establishment)

School District v. Ball 473 u.s. 373 (1985)
(1st Amendment – Establishement clause)

Aguilar v. Felton 473 u.s. 402 (1985)
(1st Amendment – Establishemnt)

Wygant v. Jackson Board of Education 476 u.s. 267 (1986)
(14th Amendment – Equal Protection clause)

Bethel School Dist. No. 403 v. Fraser 478 u.s. 675 (1986)
(1st Amendment – Students’ Free Speech)

Edwards v. Aguillard 482 u.s. 578 (1987)
(1st Amendment -- Louisiana's "Creationism Act" violates the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment, because it lacks a clear secular purpose.

Hazelwood School Dist. v. Kuhlmeier 484 u.s. 260 (1988)
(1st Amendment – Rights of students in schools are not the same as adults’ rights in other situations. Schools can censor student speech.)

Westside Community Bd. Of Ed. v. Mergens, 496 U.S. 226 (1990)
(1st & 14th Amendment – Schools cannot deny facilities to student religious clubs on the basis that they are religious)

Missouri v. Jenkins 495 u.s. 33 (1990)
(Courts cannot impose taxes)

Franklin v. Gwinnett County Public Schools 503 u.s. 60 (1992)
(A damages remedy is available for actions brought to enforce Title IX.)

Freeman v. Pitts 503 u.s. 467 (1992)
In the course of supervising a desegregation plan, a district court has the authority to relinquish supervision and control of a school district in incremental stages, before full compliance has been achieved in every area of school operations, and may, while retaining jurisdiction over the case, determine that it will not order further remedies in areas where the school district is in compliance with the decree.

Lee v. Weisman 505 u.s. 577 (1992)
(1st Amendment -- Including clergy who offer prayers as part of an official public school graduation ceremony is forbidden by the Establishment Clause.)

United States v. Fordice 505 u.s. 717 (1992)
(Mississippi’s higher ed. System violates 14th Amendment Equal Access clause and the Civil Rights Act of 1964

Lamb's Chapel v. Center Moriches Union Free School District 508 u.s. 384 (1993)
(1st Amendment -- Denying the Church access to school premises to exhibit the film series violates the Freedom of Speech Clause.)

United States v. Lopez 514 u.s. 549 (1995)
(Banning fireaems in schools under the Commerce Clause is invalid)

Rosenberger v. Rector & Visitors of the University of Virginia 515 u.s. 819 (1995)
(1st Amendment – a school cannot refuse to support a Christian organization if it supports non-religiuos organizations)

Santa Fe Independent School Dist. v. Doe 530 u.s. 290 (2000)
(1st Amendment -- permitting student-led, student-initiated prayer at football games violates the Establishment Clause.)

Mitchell v. Helms 530 u.s. 793 (2000)
(1st Amendment -- Aid to private religious schools is not automatically a violation of establishment)

Zelman v. Simmons-Harris 00-1751 (2002)
(1st Amendment – held that Ohio’s voucher law does not violate the 1st Amendment)

Board of Ed. Of Independent School Dist. No. 92 of Pottawatomie City v. Earls (01-332) 536 U.S. 822 (2002)
(4th Amendment -- Tecumseh’s Policy is a reasonable means of furthering the School District’s important interest in preventing and deterring drug use among its schoolchildren and does not violate the Fourth Amendment.