Bradwell v. Illinois Myra Bradwell studied law with her husband, James B. Bradwell, who was an attorney and the publisher of the Chicago Legal News, one of the most important legal publications in th . . .
Ex parte McCardle In 1867 military authorities in Vicksburg, Mississippi, arrested newspaper editor William McCardle and charged him with libel and inciting violence against the United States. McCard . . .
Hepburn v. Griswold Also known as the First Legal Tender Case . . .
Minor v. Happersett Virginia L. Minor, an adult citizen of Missouri and of the United States, sued Reese Happersett, the registrar of voters in St. Louis County, Missouri, when he refused to allow he . . .
The Prize Cases These cases, involving four ships, brought the constitutionality of the Lincoln administration's prosecution of the Civil War before the Supreme Court. On April 19, 1861, immediately . . .
The Slaughterhouse Cases This complex case gave the Court its first major opportunity to interpret the Fourteenth Amendment, which had been ratified in 1868. The Court consolidated three cases brough . . .