Major SCOTUS cases

Rogers v. Bellei, 401 U.S. 815 (1971)

July 19, 2024

LINK TO CASE: https://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=3117430109405641226 SIGNIFICANCE:

Afroyim v. Rusk, 387 U.S. 253 (1967)

July 19, 2024

LINK TO CASE: https://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=2521246303796542623 SIGNIFICANCE: Establishes CONSTITUTIONAL POLITICAL “citizen of the United States***” status in the Fourteenth Amendment as RIGHT…

Minor v. Happersett, 88 U.S. 162 (1875)

July 19, 2024

LINK TO CASE: https://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=5117525999793250938 SIGNIFICANCE: Established POLITICAL citizens* of a state as ipso facto also POLITICAL “citizens of the United…

United States v. Wong Kim Ark, 169 U.S. 649 (1898)

July 19, 2024

LINK TO CASE: https://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=3381955771263111765 SIGNIFICANCE: Establishes the TWO components of citizenship: nationality and civil status (domicile). For an article on…

Pennoyer v. Neff, 95 U.S. 714 (1878)

July 19, 2024

LINK TO CASE: https://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=13333263776496540273 SIGNIFICANCE: EXCERPT: The several States of the Union are not, it is true, in every respect…

Milwaukee v. White, 296 U.S. 268 (1935)

July 19, 2024

LINK TO CASE: https://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=5901183028124997123 SIGNIFICANCE: Declare income taxation “quasi-contractual” “Even if the judgment is deemed to be colored by the…

Lawrence v. State Tax Commission, 286 U.S. 276 (1932)

July 19, 2024

LINK TO CASE: https://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=10241277000101996613 SIGNIFICANCE: Declared all state income taxes as being based on domicile. Appellant, a citizen and resident…

District of Columbia v. Murphy, 314 U.S. 441 (1941)

July 19, 2024

LINK TO CASE: https://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=9869153409131399521 SIGNIFICANCE:

Texas v. White, 74 U.S. 700 (1869)

July 19, 2024

LINK TO CASE: https://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=1134912565671891096 SIGNIFICANCE: HOWEVER, the CONTEXT of discussion in this case is the CONSTITUTIONAL context, not the CIVIL…

Downes v. Bidwell, 182 U.S. 244 (1901)

July 19, 2024

LINK TO CASE: https://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=9926302819023946834 SIGNIFICANCE: