My Supreme Court Case was Flood vs. Kuhn. Here’s some background about the case. Curt
Flood was an outfielder on the St. Louis Cardinals baseball team during the 1969 season. Bowie
Kuhn was the Commissioner of Baseball at this time. At the end of the 1969 baseball season
Flood was traded without his knowledge. Flood had great career stats: a .293 hitter, three-
time all star, won the Gold Glove award seven consecutive years (1963-1969) and wining the
World Series in 1964 and 1967, both while playing with the Cardinals. Flood wanted to become
a free agent because he was traded to the Philadelphia Phillies. He didn’t want to go play there
because their fans were racist toward players at that time.
Before this case was presented to the
This case Tinker v. Des Moines Schools was a very interesting case argued in 1968. A lawsuit was filed against the school after three students, Two of which in high school and one in middle school were suspended from school. The school suspended the students for wearing black armbands protesting the Vietnam war. Two other students wore armbands, but were in elementary school and weren't suspended. The students were fifteen year old John Tinker, sixteen year old Christopher Eckhardt, and thirteen year old Mary Beth Tinker.
Williamson v. City of Houston, 148 F. 3d 462, Court of Appeals, 5th Circuit (1998) Facts: Linda Williamson worked as a police officer in a specialized division in the Houston Police Department. Williamson alleged a coworker, Doug McLeod, engaged in harassing behavior that created a hostile work environment for eighteen months. McLeod continued the harassing behavior after she told him it was offensive and to stop. Williamson reported McLeod’s harassment to their supervisor, Sergeant Bozeman.
The case of wickard v filburn was about a was a small farmer in the state of Ohio who decides to grow extra wheat for his personal use and to feed his livestock. He got in trouble with the law because he grew too much wheat now can you believe that. Mr.filburn decides to take the situation to the supreme court wondering why or what did he do to get in trouble for harvested nearly 12 acres of wheat, the supreme court penalized him although he argued for his rights along with asking what he did wrong.
1. Case Title and Citation ■ Washington v. Glucksberg 521 U.S. 702,117 S. Ct. 2258,117 S. Ct. 2302; 138 L. Ed. 2d 772 2. Procedural History The United States Supreme Court ruled that it was unconstitutional for any individuals to help another person to commit suicide.
Two cases that were more surprising to learn about than others were; the Ingraham v. Wright (1977) and Grutter v. Bollinger (2003). The Ingraham v. Wright (1977) case because of how the principal hurt the child and didn't have proof. The Grutter v. Bollinger case was surprising because I didn't know that you colleges be unexpected because of race in 2003. The cases that I most agree with ruling are; Tinker v. Des Moines Independent School District (1969) and Kent v. United States (1966).
Plessy v Fergusen was yet another court case where “separate but equal” was not implementing equality. It showed that they still thought of Black men and women as being less and not deserving the same rights as the White men. Homer Plessy was a free man, that was mainly White and because of a percentage he had of being Black he was treated as a Black man. He tried to sit in the train car of the White men and much like Rosa Parks was asked to go to the back where the Black men belonged in a different car. This case resulted in the Supreme Court defending the decision of the East Louisiana Railroad stating that they weren't violating any law by the ruling they had.
Mapp v. Ohio Throughout the last 70 years, there have been many cases that the U.S. Supreme Court has decided upon leading to many advancements in the U.S. Constitution. Many of the cases have created laws that we still use today. In the case I chose, Dollree Mapp was convicted of possessing obscene materials, four little pamphlets, a couple of photos, and a little pencil doodle, after an illegal police search of her home for a suspected bomber. No suspect was found, but she was arrested.
This case known as Ableman v. Booth, 62 U.S. 514 (1859). This case had to deal with Wisconsin blocking federal authority to uphold federal law. It dealt with the ability of federal authorities to arrest and detain a gentleman by the name of Booth for helping a federal prisoner escape. The battle was between the Wisconsin Supreme court, which found the law to be unconstitutional and the United States Supreme Court ruling that it was constitutional.
Curt Flood played as a center fielder for the Cincinnati Cardinals from 1956-1968, Curt was very successful during his time at the Cardinals, winning 7 golden gloves and was a three time all-star. When Curt finished his 12th season playing on the Cardinals, he received a message saying he was going to be traded to the Philadelphia Phillies. Curt thought he had the right not to go, so he declined the trade and protested against Bowie Kuhn (commissioner of MLB) to stop the trade and allow him to join any team he wants¹. In 1969 Curt Flood took a stand against the reserve clause by proving that he could decide what to do with his career, he also made an impact in racial discrimination and changed baseball. This act changed other professional
Flood’s arguments against Kuhn are controversial because he as an African American who compared the reserve clause to slavery. While the Major League’s attorneys argued that baseball was an important part of American culture and the reserve system caused greater good for the sport of baseball. The case was taken to the Supreme Court was because Arthur Goldberg and his colleagues, the lawyers for Flood, believed the reserve clause violated the Constitution’s thirteenth amendment. The case was assigned to Judge Irving Ben Cooper, who had been a New York State Judge before his federal and Supreme Court judge career. This is interesting because the case has originally been opened in New York, where Major League Baseball was headquartered.
Why should he get paid more than any other profession? Baseball is a game, not a job. Expecting to get paid more than a typical worker in the United States for playing a child's game is absolutely ludicrous. If Flood is angry he doesn't get paid enough as a baseball player he should find a different profession. Later in the article Flood compares baseball players to slaves.
The 1920’s through 1930’s were the golden age of baseball. Many teams started to rise to fame and many players began to become popular. This was after the Black Sox Scandal which caused baseball to head downhill and lose support from fans. Babe Ruth was one of the players who transformed baseball from just a sport into a national pastime. He rewrote the record books and became known to a popularity that no one has ever seen.
Starting with District of Columbia V. Heller, where a man by the name of Alan Gura was tasked with convincing the justices that the second amendment guaranteed individuals the right to own guns. The task at hand for him seemed a little too large for him due to the fact that he was not as experienced as his opponent Walter Dellinger. The National Rifle Association believed that his case would end poorly for their organization. They were also dead set on making sure the Supreme Court did not make a ruling on the meaning of the Second Amendment. So they tried with all of their power to stop Gura from pursuing the case, however Gura was determined to convince the court.
Arguably the most significant civil rights activist in American history, led the boycott to victory. Consequently, the U.S. Supreme Court declared racial segregation for public transportation as unconstitutional. Here by, "***INSERT LAW -QUOTED**** BROWDER VS GALE 1956
The first major court case to influence our treatment of juveniles today was the Kent v. United States. The case overall, made an impact on the treatment of juveniles today because now juveniles have a right to an attorney, the parents must be notified and either parents or a lawyer must be present during an interrogation, and juveniles must be reminded of his or her right to silence. The main thing that this case influenced was that courts must allow juveniles the right to defend themselves and to be heard when transferring a juvenile over to the adult system. A second major court case was In re Gault.