Leading Cases By Jurisprudential Significance
on Jun 3, 2005 at 7:40 am
In an earlier post, I listed the fifteen leading cases in terms of press and public interest as I saw them. Here is my list of the leading cases according to their jurisprudential significance. Again, * marks the five most significant:
Decided cases
Booker/Fanfan – Sentencing (Sixth Amendment)
Roper – Juvenile execution (Eighth Amendment)
Johnson v. CA #1 – Racial segregation in prisons (racial classifications)
Devenpeck – Arrests (Fourth Amendment)
Smith v. MA – Double Jeopardy
Heald – Wine (Commerce Clause)
*Livestock Marketing – Commodity ads (First Amendment – Speech)
Bates – Pesticide suits (Preemption)
Cutter – Religion and prisons (First Amendment – Religion)
Lingle – Regulatory takings (Takings)
Clingman – Semi-open primary (First Amendment – Association)
Pending cases
*Raich – Medical Marijuana (Commerce Clause)
*Grokster – Copyright
*Kelo – Condemnation (Takings)
*Van Orden/McCreary County – Ten Commandments (First Amendment – Religion)
