supreme court cases

Brown v board

1954 no segregation in schools

plessy v Ferguson

Seperate but equal 1897

Gaines v Canada

Seperate but equal had to be equal 1938

Smith v allwright

Banned all white primaries 1944

Mississippi v Williams

Grandfather clauses, literacy tests legal 1898

Duke v Griggs power

Unfair qualification requirements 1971

Guinn v Us

Banned grandfather clauses after work by naacp 1915

Lone wolf v Hitchcock

Gave us right to revoke treaties 1903

Lochner v New York

No maximum working hours per week 1905

Minor v happerset

14th amendment didn’t guarantee women right to vote 1875

Bradwell v state of Illinois

14th amendment didn’t protect right to practice a profession 1873

Muller v state of Oregon

Upheld 10 working day for women- implied they were weak 1908

Hoyt v Florida

Women less likely to be called for jury service as still seen as central to home and family life 1961

Johnson v Santa Clara county

Permissible to take sex into account in employment decisions 1987