A landmark case, or landmark decision, is a court decision published by the Supreme Court (Links to an external site.), on some matter that is serious or important to a large number of people. A landmark case, once decided, shows the usual way in which the Court (Links to an external site.) will rule on such issues in the future, and sometimes sets how lower courts must rule in the case of the same or a similar matter coming before them. It is sometimes referred to as a precedent (Links to an external site.) setting case.The paper should consist of the following: Include the background/history of the case. Describe the Courts decision. Describe the majority and dissenting opinions. Include your opinion. Do you agree with the Court? Why? Why not? You must have a works cited page. Landmark cases to choose from are as follows: Brown v. Board of Education (1954) (Links to an external site.) Dred Scott v. Sandford (1857) (Links to an external site.) Gibbons v. Ogden (1824) (Links to an external site.) Gideon v. Wainwright (1963) (Links to an external site.) Hazelwood v. Kuhlmeier (1988) (Links to an external site.) Korematsu v. United States (1944) (Links to an external site.) Mapp v. Ohio (1961) (Links to an external site.) Marbury v. Madison (1803) (Links to an external site.) McCulloch v. Maryland (1819) Miranda v. Arizona (1966) New Jersey v. . (1985) Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) Regents of the U. of California v. Bakke (1978) Roe v. Wade (1973) Texas v. Johnson (1989) Tinker v. Des Moines (1969) United States v. Nixon (1974)Show more
