Landmark Supreme Court Cases: The Most Influential Decisions of the Supreme Court

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.