220 Cases – The following cases can be used for your case analysis assignments.
Law Enforcement
Olmstead v. United States (1928) searches
Goldman v. United States (1942) searches
Wolf v. Colorado (1949) searches
Massiah v. United States (1964) interrogation
Miranda v. Arizona (1966) interrogation
Schmerber v. California (1966) police – drug testing as a search
Katz v. United States (1967) searches
Oregon v. Mathiason (1977) custody and interrogation
New York v. Belton (1981) vehicle searches
Oliver v. United States (1984) searches
New York v. Quarles (1984) interrogation
United States v. Leon (1984) searches and exclusionary rule
Oregon v. Elstad (1985) interrogation
New Jersey v. T.L.O. (1985) – warrantless searches
Dow Chemical Co. v. United States (1986) searches
Moran v. Burbine (1986) interrogation
Illinois v. Krull (1987) searches and exclusionary rule
Kyllo v. United States (2001) searches
United States v. Patane (2004) interrogation
Missouri v. Seibert (2004) interrogation
Yarborough v. Alvarado (2004) custody and interrogation
Hudson v. Michigan (2006) searches and exclusionary rule
Herring v. United States (2009) searches
Arizona v. Gant (2009) vehicle searches
Berghuis v. Thompson (2010) interrogation
Davis v. United States (2011) searches
Maryland v. King (2013) collecting DNA at booking
Courts
Boykin v. Alabama (1969) – plea bargaining
North Carolina v. Alford (1970) – plea bargaining
Santobello v. New York (1971) – plea bargaining
Rummel v. Estelle (1980) – three strikes sentences
Solem v. Helm (1983) – three strikes sentences
Strickland v. Washington (1984) right to counsel
McMillan v. Pennsylvania (1986) sentencing and right to jury trial
United States v. Salerno (1987) – bail
Harmelin v. Michigan (1991) – mandatory life sentence
Koon v. United States (1996) sentencing and judge discretion
Apprendi v. New Jersey (2000) sentencing
Atkins v. Virginia (2002) sentencing as cruel and unusual
Lockyer v. Andrade (2003) – three strikes laws
Ewing v. California (2003) – three strikes laws
Blakely v. Washington (2004) sentencing and right to jury trial
United States v. Booker (2005) sentencing and right to jury trial
Roper v. Simmons (2005) sentencing as cruel and unusual
Cunningham v. California (2007) sentencing
Kennedy v. Louisiana (2008) sentencing as cruel and unusual
Padilla v. Kentucky (2010) effective assistance of counsel – guilty pleas and deportation
Southern Union Co. v. United States (2012) sentencing and right to jury trial
Alleyne v. United States (2013) sentencing and right to jury trial
Corrections and Juvenile Justice
Kent v. United States (1966) – juvenile waivers
Estelle v. Gamble (1976) – cruel & unusual punishment
Thompson v. Oklahoma (1988) – juvenile death penalty
Stanford v. Kentucky and Wilkins v. Missouri (1989) – juvenile death penalty
Hudson v. McMillan (1992) – use of excessive physical force
Kansas v. Hendricks (1997) – civil commitment of sex offenders
Richardson v. McKnight (1997) – private prisons and qualified immunity
Seling v. Young (2001) – civil commitment of sex offenders
Smith v. Doe (2003) - sex offender registration laws
Roper v. Simmons (2005) – juvenile death penalty
United States v. Comstock (2010) – civil commitment of sex offenders
Graham v. Florida (2010) – juvenile life without parole
Florence v. County of Burlington (2012) – strip searches.
Miller v. Alabama and Jackson v. Hobbs (2012) – juvenile life without parole