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Racism and Law Midterm
Cases from AAAD A481
26
Law
Undergraduate 4
03/06/2013

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Buck v Bell
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"Mental defective" woman who was sterilized
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Cleveland v U.S.
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Polygamy
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State v Hoover
Definition
Murder of slave
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Loving v Virginia
Definition
Interracial marriage
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Cherokee v Georgia
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Georgia seized Cherokee land... (Does SCOTUS have jurisdiction?)
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People v Woody
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Peyotism
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Washington v Williams
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NA couple neglected child resulting in death
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U.S. v Antelope
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NAs robbed white woman (Federal jurisdiction?)
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San Antonio v Rodriguez
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TX discrimination based on wealth in schools
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Plyler v Doe
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TX schools denying enrollment to undocumented people
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Cabel v Chavez-Salido
Definition
Noncitizens denied employment as peace officers
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Garcia v Gloor
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Hispanic employee fired for speaking Spanish on the job
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Yick Wo v Hopkins
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Arbitrarily denying permits to laundromats
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Korematsu v U.S.
Definition
Japanese Exclusion Act
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Somerset v Stewart
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Slave brought into England
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Prigg v Pennsylvania
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Slave brought into non-slave state
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Dred Scott
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Slaves aren't citizens, and thus cannot file suit
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Civil Rights Cases
Definition
Public venues could be segarated; Congress cannot force private companies to desegregate
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Plessy v Ferguson
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Separate Car Act in Louisiana
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Sweatt v Painter
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Refused admission to all-white law school
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Shelley v Kraemer
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Deeds prohibiting occupation by Blacks
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Brown v Board of Education
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Separate isn't equal in education
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Bell v Gary
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Schools don't have a duty to racially mix their student populations
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Memphis v Green
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Street closure isn't racially motivated
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Palmore v Sidoti
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Interracial marriage doesn't justify taking custody of one's child
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Dandridge v Williams
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Maryland caps welfare
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