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Diverse Case Perspectives

A finding aid for diverse case perspectives for cases commonly taught in 1L classes.

How to use these tables

Each table on this page reflects a specific subtopic frequently taught in Constitutional Law. The column on the left includes a case with a link to the full-text in Westlaw.  The column on the right includes links to specific pages where the case is discussed within different textbooks and supplements. This list will be continuously updated as the body of diverse case perspectives continues to grow. 

Commerce Clause

Camps Newfound/Owatonna, Inc. v. Town of Harrison, 520 U.S. 564 (1997)  
Carter v. Carter Coal Co., 298 U.S. 238 (1936)  
Champion v. Ames, 188 U.S. 321 (1903)  
Cooley v. Board of Wardens, 53 U.S. 299 (1851)  
Dean Milk Co. v. City of Madison, Wisc, 340 U.S. 349 (1951)  
Garcia v. San Antonio Metropolitan Transit Authority, 469 U.S. 528 (1985)  
Gibbons v. Ogden, 22 U.S. 1 (1824)  
Gonzales v. Carhart, 550 U.S. 124 (2007) Integrating Doctrine and Diversity (ch. 5)
Gonzales v. Raich, 545 U.S. 1 (2005)  
Hammer v. Dagenhart, 247 U.S. 251 (1918)  
Heart of Atlanta Motel, Inc. v. United States, 379 U.S. 241 (1964)  
Katzenbach v. McClung, 379 U.S. 294 (1964)  
National Federation of Independent Business v. Sebelius, 567 U.S. 519 (2012)  
National League of Cities v. Usery, 426 U.S. 833 (1976)  
NLRB v. Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp., 301 U.S. 1 (1937)  
Printz v. United States, 521 U.S. 898 (1997)  
South Carolina State Highway Dept. v. Barnwell Bros., 303 U.S. 177 (1938)  
Southern Pacific Co. v. State of Arizona, 325 U.S. 761 (1945)  
United States v. Darby, 312 U.S. 100 (1941)  
United States v. E.C. Knight Co., 156 U.S. 1 (1895)  
United States v. Lopez, 514 U.S. 549 (1995)  
Wabash, St. L. & P. Ry. Co. v Illinois, 118 U.S. 557 (1886)  
Wickard v. Filburn, 317 U.S. 111 (1942) Constitutional Law Stories (pg. 69)

Equal Protection

Bush v. Gore, 531 U.S. 98 (2000) Constitutional Law Stories (p. 111)
City of Cleburne, Texas v. Cleburne Living Center, Inc.473 U.S. 432 (1985) Integrating Doctrine and Diversity (ch. 5)
Fisher v. University of Texas (Fisher II), 579 U.S. 365 (2016) Integrating Doctrine and Diversity (ch. 5)
Grutter v. Bollinger, 539 U.S. 306 (2003) Integrating Doctrine and Diversity (ch. 5)
Harper v. Virginia Bd. of Elections, 383 U.S. 663 (1966)  
Korematsu v. United States, 323 U.S. 214 (1944) and 584 F. Supp. 1406 (1984) Constitutional Law Stories (p. 231)
Plessy v. Ferguson, 163 U.S. 537 (1896)

Integrating Doctrine and Diversity

Constitutional Law Stories (ch. 5)
Plyler v. Doe, 457 U.S. 202 (1982) Integrating Doctrine and Diversity (ch. 5)
Schuette v. Coalition to Defend Affirmative Action, 134 S. Ct. 1623 (2014) Integrating Doctrine and Diversity (ch. 5)
Shelley v. Kraemer, 334 U.S. 1 (1948)  
State Missouri ex rel. Gaines v. Canada, 305 U.S. 337 (1938)  
Sweatt v. Painter, 339 U.S. 629 (1950)  
The Civil Rights Cases, 109 U.S. 3 (1883) Integrating Doctrine and Diversity (ch. 5)

Government Takings

Barron v. Mayor of Baltimore, 32 U.S. (7 Pet.) 243 (1833)  

Judicial Review

Marbury v. Madison, 5 U.S. 137 (1803) Constitutional Law Stories (p. 13)
Moore v. Harper, 600 U.S. 1 (2023)  
Cooper v. Aaron, 358 U.S. 1 (1958)  
Martin v. Hunter’s Lessee, 14 U.S. 304 (1816)  

Privacy and Other Fundamental Rights

Bowers v. Hardwick, 478 U.S.186 (1986) Integrating Doctrine and Diversity (ch. 5)
Casey v. Planned Parenthood of Pennsylvania, 14 F.3d 848 (1994) Integrating Doctrine and Diversity (ch. 5)
Feminist Judgments: Supreme Court (ch. 19)
Roe v. Wade, 410 U.S. 113 (1973) Integrating Doctrine and Diversity (ch. 5)
Feminist Judgments: Supreme Court (ch. 8)
Constitutional Law Stories (p. 333)
Town of Castle Rock v. Gonzales, 545 U.S. 748 (2005) Feminist Judgments: Supreme Court (ch. 26)

Privileges and Immunities

Baldwin v. Fish and Game Commission of Montana  
Supreme Court of New Hampshire v. Piper  

Procedural Due Process

DeShaney v. Winnebago Cnty. Dep't of Soc. Servs., 489 U.S. 189 (1989)  
Harris v. McCrae, 448 U.S. 297 (1980) Integrating Doctrine and Diversity (ch. 5)
Feminist Judgments: Supreme Court (ch. 13) 
Lawrence v. Texas, 539 U.S. 558 (2003) Integrating Doctrine and Diversity (ch. 5)
Feminist Judgments: Supreme Court (ch. 25)
Lochner v. New York, 198 U.S. 45 (1905) Constitutional Law Stories (p. 299)
Loving v. Virginia, 388 U.S. 1 (1967) Integrating Doctrine and Diversity (ch. 5)
Feminist Judgments: Supreme Court (ch. 6) 

Religion Clauses

City of Boerne v. Flores, 521 U.S. 507 (1997) Constitutional Law Stories (p. 483)
Trump v. Hawai'i, 585 U.S. 667 (2018) Integrating Doctrine and Diversity (ch. 5)