Case name
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Citation
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Summary
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Lucas v. Earl
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281
U.S.
111 (1930)
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origin of
Assignment of income doctrine, contract to divide
income between husband and wife
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United States v. Sprague
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282
U.S.
716 (1931)
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Tenth Amendment
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McBoyle v. United States
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283
U.S.
25 (1931)
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National Motor Vehicle Theft Act held not to apply to aircraft
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Stromberg v. California
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283
U.S.
359 (1931)
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constitutionality of California red flag-banning statute, freedom of
symbolic speech
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Burnet v. Logan
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283
U.S.
404 (1931)
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Cost basis must be recovered before
taxpayer realizes any
taxable income
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Near v. Minnesota
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283
U.S.
697 (1931)
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freedom of speech, prior restraints
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United States v. Kirby Lumber Co.
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284
U.S.
1 (1931)
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taxation of gain on reduction of
debt
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Blackmer v. United States
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284
U.S.
421 (1932)
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International law and
5th Amendment allowed
U.S. government to retain jurisdiction over its
citizens abroad
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Blockburger v. United States
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284
U.S.
299 (1932)
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standard for
double jeopardy
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Crowell v. Benson
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285
U.S.
22 (1932)
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upholding adjudication of private rights by an
administrative agency, not an
Article III court
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New State Ice Co. v. Liebmann
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285
U.S.
262 (1932)
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substantive due process
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Smiley v. Holm
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285
U.S.
355 (1932)
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Governors may veto electoral redistricting plans
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Nixon v. Condon
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286
U.S.
73 (1932)
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White primaries in Texas violated
Equal Protection Clause
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North American Oil Consolidated v. Burnet
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286
U.S.
417 (1932)
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claim of right doctrine in U.S.
tax law
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Powell v. Alabama
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287
U.S.
45 (1932)
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access to counsel
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Sorrells v. United States
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287
U.S.
435 (1932)
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Entrapment recognized as a valid defense
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Vermont v. New Hampshire
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289
U.S.
593 (1933)
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clarified the location of the boundary between the two states
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Home Building & Loan Association v. Blaisdell
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290
U.S.
398 (1934)
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Minnesota's suspension of
creditor's remedies did not violate the
Contract Clause
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Burroughs v. United States
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290
U.S.
534 (1934)
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upholding the constitutionality of the
Federal Corrupt Practices Act
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Nebbia v. New York
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291
U.S.
502 (1934)
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Substantive
Due Process,
economic regulation
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Panama Refining Co. v. Ryan
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293
U.S.
388 (1935)
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delegation of
authority,
New Deal
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Gregory v. Helvering
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293
U.S.
465 (1935)
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tax law, business purpose
doctrine
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Schechter Poultry Corp. v. United States
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295
U.S.
495 (1935)
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interstate commerce, New Deal
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Humphrey's Executor v. United States
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295
U.S.
602 (1935)
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administrative action,
separation of powers
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Pacific States Box & Basket Co. v. White
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296
U.S.
176 (1935)
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early case on
standard of review for
regulations
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Fox Film Corp. v. Muller
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296
U.S.
207 (1935)
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contract dispute, "
adequate and independent state ground"
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United States v. Constantine
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296
U.S.
287 (1935)
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taxation of
liquor
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United States v. Butler
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297
U.S.
1 (1936)
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Taxation power,
Tenth Amendment
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Grosjean v. American Press Co.
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297
U.S.
233 (1936)
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Freedom of the press, taxation of newspapers
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Brown v. Mississippi
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297
U.S.
278 (1936)
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coerced
confessions by means of
violence
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Wallace v. Cutten
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298
U.S.
229 (1936)
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application of the
Grain Futures Act
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Valentine v. United States
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299
U.S.
5 (1936)
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extradition powers of the executive branch
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Bourdieu v. Pacific Western Oil Co.
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299
U.S.
65 (1936)
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U.S. government as an
indispensable party
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United States v. Curtiss-Wright Export Corp.
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299
U.S.
304 (1936)
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export restrictions, Presidential power over
international commerce
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De Jonge v. Oregon
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299
U.S.
353 (1937)
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14th Amendment applied to
freedom of assembly
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West Coast Hotel Co. v. Parrish
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300
U.S.
379 (1937)
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freedom of contract,
minimum wage laws; “
the switch in time that saved nine”
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National Labor Relations Board v. Jones & Laughlin Steel Corporation
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301
U.S.
1 (1937)
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interstate commerce; another consequence of “the switch in time that saved nine”
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Steward Machine Company v. Davis
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301
U.S.
548 (1937)
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Court upholds the
unemployment insurance provisions of the
Social Security Act
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Bogardus v. Commissioner
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302
U.S.
34 (1937)
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distinction between taxable
compensation and tax-exempt
gifts under the
Internal Revenue Code
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Palko v. Connecticut
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302
U.S.
319 (1937)
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selective
incorporation,
double jeopardy
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Connecticut General Life Insurance Company v. Johnson
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303
U.S.
77 (1938)
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Lovell v. City of Griffin
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303
U.S.
444 (1938)
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City ordinance requiring official permission to distribute literature held unconstitutionally broad
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New Negro Alliance v. Sanitary Grocery Co.
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303
U.S.
552 (1938)
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safeguard right to
boycott and chips away at
discriminatory hiring practices against African Americans
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Hale v. Kentucky
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303
U.S.
613 (1938)
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exclusion of African Americans from
juries
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Erie Railroad Co. v. Tompkins
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304
U.S.
64 (1938)
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limiting general federal common law by requiring that state law apply except where federal law exists
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Hinderlider v. La Plata River & Cherry Creek Ditch
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304
U.S.
92 (1938)
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reaffirming
existence of
federal common law in other cases
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United States v. Carolene Products Co.
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304
U.S.
144 (1938)
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interstate commerce, substantive due process, and (in
footnote four) equal protection
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NLRB v. Mackay Radio & Telegraph Co.
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304
U.S.
333 (1938)
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Striking workers continue to be employees within the meaning of the National Labor Relations Act, but use of
strikebreakers is permissible
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Johnson v. Zerbst
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304
U.S.
458 (1938)
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Sixth Amendment
right to counsel in federal criminal cases
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Collins v. Yosemite Park & Curry Co.
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304
U.S.
518 (1938)
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Twenty-first Amendment and the enforcement of state
liquor laws in
U.S. national parks
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Kellogg Co. v. National Biscuit Co.
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305
U.S.
111 (1938)
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patent holder has no remedy in
unfair competition law against
competitor selling similar goods under a non-
trademarked name after patent expires—prelude to
functionality doctrine
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Missouri ex rel. Gaines v. Canada
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305
U.S.
337 (1938)
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chipping away at
separate but equal education
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United States v. Miller
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307
U.S.
174 (1939)
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Second Amendment,
right to bear arms
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Coleman v. Miller
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307
U.S.
433 (1939)
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length of time proposed Constitutional amendments remain pending
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Hague v. CIO
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307
U.S.
496 (1939)
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labor unions and
freedom of assembly
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Schneider v. New Jersey
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308
U.S.
147 (1939)
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enforcement of
littering ordinances and free speech
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Chambers v. Florida
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309
U.S.
227 (1940)
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coerced confessions in a murder case
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Helvering v. Bruun
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309
U.S.
461 (1940)
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A
landlord realizes a taxable gain when he repossesses property improved by a
tenant
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Thornhill v. Alabama
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310
U.S.
88 (1940)
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free speech clause of
First Amendment includes peaceful labor
picketing
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Cantwell v. Connecticut
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310
U.S.
296 (1940)
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incorporated
Free Exercise Clause
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United States v. American Trucking Associations
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310
U.S.
534 (1940)
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Motor Carrier Act of 1935 did not empower the
Interstate Commerce Commission to regulate all employees of common and contract motor carriers, but rather only those whose duties affect safety of operation
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Minersville School District v. Gobitis
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310
U.S.
586 (1940)
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saluting the flag
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Hansberry v. Lee
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311
U.S.
32 (1940)
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res judicata may not bind a subsequent
plaintiff who had no opportunity to be represented in the earlier civil action
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Helvering v. Horst
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311
U.S.
112 (1940)
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refinement of
assignment of income doctrine
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Sibbach v. Wilson & Co.
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312
U.S.
1 (1941)
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Erie doctrine, applicability of
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
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Railroad Commission v. Pullman Co.
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312
U.S.
496 (1941)
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Abstention doctrine
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Cox v. New Hampshire
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312
U.S.
569 (1941)
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petitions on
public property
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United States v. Darby Lumber Co.
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312
U.S.
100 (1941)
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power of the
United States Congress to regulate employment conditions;
Commerce Clause
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United States v. Classic
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313
U.S.
299 (1941)
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power of the federal government to regulate
primary elections
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