Lists of United States Supreme Court cases
This page serves as an index of lists of United States Supreme Court cases. The Supreme Court of the United States is the country's highest court.
By Chief Justice
Scholars and other studiers consider each Chief Justice of the United States who presides over the Supreme Court of the United States to be the head of an era of the Court. Since 2005, it has been the Roberts Court under Chief Justice John Roberts. Since the Court's inception in 1789, there have been the following Courts:
These lists are sorted chronologically by Chief Justice and include most major cases decided by the Court.
- Jay, Rutledge, and Ellsworth Courts (October 19, 1789 – December 15, 1800)
- Marshall Court (February 4, 1801 – July 6, 1835)
- Taney Court (March 28, 1836 – October 12, 1864)
- Chase Court (December 15, 1864 – May 7, 1873)
- Waite Court (March 4, 1874 – March 23, 1888)
- Fuller Court (October 8, 1888 – July 4, 1910)
- White Court (December 19, 1910 – May 19, 1921)
- Taft Court (July 11, 1921 – February 3, 1930)
- Hughes Court (February 24, 1930 – June 30, 1941)
- Stone Court (July 3, 1941 – April 22, 1946)
- Vinson Court (June 24, 1946 – September 8, 1953)
- Warren Court (October 5, 1953 – June 23, 1969) (also see Warren Court)
- Burger Court (June 23, 1969 – September 26, 1986)
- Rehnquist Court (September 26, 1986 – September 3, 2005)
- Roberts Court (September 29, 2005 to the present)
By volume
Decisions of the Supreme Court of the United States are officially published in the United States Reports. Each volume can be viewed at List of United States Supreme Court cases by volume.
By recent term
These lists contain detailed tables about each term, including which Justices filed the Court's opinion, dissenting and concurring opinions in each case, and information about Justices joining opinions. The tables conclude with term statistics and concordance data.
- 2000 term opinions
- 2001 term opinions
- 2002 term opinions
- 2003 term opinions
- 2004 term opinions
- 2005 term opinions
- 2006 term opinions
- 2007 term opinions
- 2008 term opinions
- 2009 term opinions
- 2010 term opinions
- 2011 term opinions
- 2012 term opinions
- 2013 term opinions
- 2014 term opinions
- 2015 term opinions
- 2016 term opinions
By subject matter
- LGBT rights
- Capital punishment
- First Amendment
- Mental health
- Indian tribes
- Legal standing
- Copyright
- Jehovah's Witnesses
Other lists
- List of landmark court decisions in the United States (most frequently from the Supreme Court)
See also
- List of United States courts of appeals cases
- List of United States state supreme court cases
- List of sources of law in the United States
External links
Works related to Supreme Court of the United States at Wikisource
- Opinions of the Supreme Court of the United States at supremecourt.gov
- Torrent files for all opinions, 1991-2006