Landmark Supreme Court Cases: The Most Influential Decisions of the Supreme Court of the United States (Facts on File Library of American History)**OUT OF PRINT**

Gary R. Hartman,Roy M. Mersky,Cindy L. Tate

ISBN 10: 0816024529 / ISBN 13: 9780816024520

Published by FACTS ON FILE, 2004

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Landmark Supreme Court Cases: The Most Influential Decisions of the Supreme Court of the United States (Facts on File Library of American History)**OUT OF PRINT**
• Publisher: FACTS ON FILE
• Publication Date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0816024529
• ISBN 13: 9780816024520
• Binding: hardcover
• Condition: Good

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Synopsis

For students of American history and political science, Landmark Supreme Court Cases provides current, concise, and thorough summaries of more that 350 of the most important and influential U.S. Supreme Court cases. Organized alphabetically by court case, each entry includes the case title and legal citation, year of decision, key issue, historical background, legal arguments, decision (majority and dissenting opinions), aftermath and significance, related cases, and recommended reading. Other features include a chronology of cases, an index of cases by parties and by popular titles, a subject index, a glossary of legal terms, and guidance on how to read a legal citation.

About the Author

Roy M. Mersky is the Harry M. Reasoner Regents Chair in Law, director of legal research, and law library at the Tarlton Law Library at the University of Texas School of Law in Austin.