Barron v. Baltimore, 32 U.S. 243 (1833)
Barron v. Baltimore was an appeal to the Supreme Court from the Court of Appeals of Maryland, upon a writ of error through Section 25 of the Judiciary Act of 1789, on the grounds that a state action had violated the U.S. Constitution.
Read the full storyBarnes v. Glen Theatre, Inc., 501 U.S. 560 (1991)
Nude dancing as an issue in earlier cases occurred in the context of alcohol regulations, such as California v. LaRue (1972), or zoning laws as in Schad v. Mt. Ephraim (1981).
Read the full storyBarenblatt v. United States, 360 U.S. 109 (1959)
In 1954, Lloyd Barenblatt was subpoenaed by the House Committee on Un-American Activities (HUAC), which was investigating communist activities and organizations.
Read the full storyBarefoote v. Estelle, 463 U.S. 880 (1983)
Many capital punishment statutes permit jurors to consider evidence of a convicted capital murderer’s ‘‘future dangerousness.’’
Read the full storyBarclay v. Florida, 463 U.S. 939 (1983)
Barclay was convicted of first-degree murder for his participation in the politically and racially motivated murder of a hitchhiker.
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