10 Interesting Fact About Famous court cases and legal precedents

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• Case of plessy v. Ferguson in 1896 confirmed the doctrine of separate but equal which justified racial segregation in the United States.
• Case ROE V. Wade in 1973 produced a decision that women's right to access abortion was protected by the United States constitution.
• Brown case v. The Board of Education in 1954 canceled racial segregation in public schools and confirmed that separate but equal could not be achieved.
• Marbury case v. Madison in 1803 became a legal basis for the Judicial Review doctrine in the United States.
• Case Dred Scott v. Sandford in 1857 stressed that black citizens did not have the same rights as white citizens in the United States.
• Miranda case v. Arizona in 1966 resulted in a statement of the famous suspect's rights, which ensured that the arrested suspect must be told their rights before being interrogated.
• Case Loving v. Virginia in 1967 canceled a ban on inter-racial marriage in the United States.
• Gideon case v. Wainwright in 1963 confirmed the rights of the suspect to have a lawyer in a criminal case.
• Case of Obergefell v. Hodges in 2015 produced a decision that similar marriages must be recognized throughout the United States.
• United States case v. Nixon in 1974 canceled the president's immunity claims from criminal demands and confirmed that the president was not above the law.