Lists Of United States Supreme Court Cases
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This page serves as an index of lists of United States Supreme Court cases. The
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is the highest federal court of the United States.


By chief justice

Court historians and other legal scholars consider each chief justice who presides over the
Supreme Court of the United States The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) is the highest court in the federal judiciary of the United States. It has ultimate appellate jurisdiction over all Federal tribunals in the United States, U.S. federal court cases, and over Stat ...
to be the head of an era of the Court. These lists are sorted chronologically by chief justice and include most major cases decided by the court. * Jay, Rutledge, and Ellsworth Courts (October 19, 1789 – December 15, 1800) * Marshall Court (February 4, 1801 – July 6, 1835) * Taney Court (March 28, 1836 – October 12, 1864) * Chase Court (December 15, 1864 – May 7, 1873) *
Waite Court The Waite Court was the Supreme Court of the United States from 1874 to 1888, when Morrison Waite served as the seventh Chief Justice of the United States. Waite succeeded Salmon P. Chase as Chief Justice after the latter's death. Waite served as ...
(March 4, 1874 – March 23, 1888) *
Fuller Court The Fuller Court refers to the Supreme Court of the United States from 1888 to 1910, when Melville Fuller served as the eighth Chief Justice of the United States. Fuller succeeded Morrison R. Waite as Chief Justice after the latter's death, and F ...
(October 8, 1888 – July 4, 1910) * White Court (December 19, 1910 – May 19, 1921) * Taft Court (July 11, 1921 – February 3, 1930) * Hughes Court (February 24, 1930 – June 30, 1941) * Stone Court (July 3, 1941 – April 22, 1946) * Vinson Court (June 24, 1946 – September 8, 1953) * Warren Court (October 5, 1953 – June 23, 1969) * Burger Court (June 23, 1969 – September 26, 1986) * Rehnquist Court (September 26, 1986 – September 3, 2005) * Roberts Court (September 29, 2005 – present)


By volume

Decisions of the Supreme Court of the United States are officially published in the ''
United States Reports The ''United States Reports'' () are the official record (law reports) of the Supreme Court of the United States. They include rulings, orders, case tables (list of every case decided), in alphabetical order both by the name of the petitioner ( ...
''.Tony Mauro, ''Illustrated Great Decisions of the Supreme Court'' (2005), p. 391. * Lists of United States Supreme Court cases by volume


By term

These lists contain detailed tables about each term since 1999, including which justices filed the court's opinion, dissenting and concurring opinions in each case, and information about justices joining opinions. The tables conclude with term statistics and concordance data. * 1999 term opinions * 2000 term opinions * 2001 term opinions * 2002 term opinions * 2003 term opinions * 2004 term opinions * 2005 term opinions * 2006 term opinions * 2007 term opinions * 2008 term opinions * 2009 term opinions * 2010 term opinions * 2011 term opinions * 2012 term opinions * 2013 term opinions * 2014 term opinions * 2015 term opinions * 2016 term opinions * 2017 term opinions * 2018 term opinions * 2019 term opinions * 2020 term opinions * 2021 term opinions * 2022 term opinions * 2023 term opinions * 2024 term opinions


By subject matter

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* Legal standing * LGBTQ rights *
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* Native American tribes *
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Other lists

* List of pending United States Supreme Court cases *
List of landmark court decisions in the United States The following landmark court decisions in the United States contains landmark court decisions which changed the interpretation of existing law in the United States. Such a decision may settle the law in more than one way: * establishing a sig ...
(most frequently from the Supreme Court)


See also

* List of United States courts of appeals cases * List of United States state supreme court cases * List of sources of law in the United States


References


External links


Opinions of the Supreme Court of the United States
at supremecourt.gov {{DEFAULTSORT:United States Supreme Court cases
United States Supreme Court The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) is the highest court in the federal judiciary of the United States. It has ultimate appellate jurisdiction over all U.S. federal court cases, and over state court cases that turn on question ...
United States Supreme Court cases This page serves as an index of lists of United States Supreme Court cases. The United States Supreme Court is the highest federal court of the United States. By chief justice Court historians and other legal scholars consider each chief ...