What are the three most significant Legal cases in United States history?
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Row v. Wade - Abortion\nBrown v. Board of Education - Civil Rights\nMarburry v. Madison - Power of Judical Review\n\nThose are the ones that we, in law school, are supposed to know inside and out.
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Do you understand what you are asking?  There are thousands of such cases.  Are you interested in certain eras.  Maybe cases under the various Chief Justices.  How about certain types of cases?  Would like to compare similar case subjects prior to 1868 as opposed to post 1868?  However, you can start by going to the source link:
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It looks okay to me but if you'd like to check it, the link below may be helpful:\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_USA\n\nThe Salen Witch Trials is the only thing I would question in the list.
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Civil Law, Natural Law, and the Law of the Peoples.
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Marbury v Madison; the most famous Supreme Court case of all.
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Law #1: Do what you are told or you will be SHOT!\n\nLaw #2: There is no law #2. Law #1 covers everything.\n\nApologies to Otto Preminger and the movie "Stalag 17."\n\nSeriously though (in hierarchal order*):\n*1. U.S. Constitution\n*2. Treaties/Federal Statutes (last in time prevails)\n*3. Executive Agreements/Regulations\n*4. State Laws\n 5. Common/judge-made law (if Constitutional interpretation, or law of the case, then law prevails; otherwise, may be overridden by subsequent statute; Constitutional amendment overrides all prior interpretations).
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I don't know of anybody the maintains statistics on this type of thing, but the most quoted lawyer in American history is likely to be an early American leader.  For example, Abraham Lincoln was a lawyer before he became president and he's known for some pretty famous and often used quotes.\n\nThomas Jefferson was the third president of the United States and a lawyer.  He was also the principal author of the Declaration of Independence, so that might make him a good answer to your question as well.
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Look up the Insular cases, Espionage Act, Alien Act, and New York Times v. Sullivan
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Here are some websites that might help with your research.\n\nPast US presidents:\nhttp://www.whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/\n\nIf you need more than what is provided on the White House site, you might want to check Wikipedia for more information:\n\nAmendments to the US constitution throughout history:\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/US_constitution#Amendments\n\nIndex of notable supreme court rulings in US History:\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_Supreme_Court_cases
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Legislative, Executive, and Judicial
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I think you mean United States v. Nixon (Richard Nixon)\n\nnot.\nNixon v. United States is a different case. (Walter Nixon)\n\nSearch for "United States v. Nixon" precedent turn up the following:\n\nCheney v. United States Dist. Court\nHohn v. Unites States. 524 US 236 (1998)\nTrammel v. United States 445 US40 (1980)
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-the stock market crash\n-The New Deal\n-FDR trying to stuff the Supreme Court\n-The debate on whether America should join the new European war\n\nLots more than that too :)
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amendments,  \n\nfrom congress and or the supreme court
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If this is for a school assignment your school might have lexis nexus, which is a database to find cases.  I have access using my university's library system.\n\nYou might also want to try the county websites or even the state's website.
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i think this is right...\n\n1. the election of lincoln\n2. succession of south carolina from the union\n3. the firing at fort sumter
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also try www.westlaw.com\ngo to the law library.....they could help you cite the case to make it easier!
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First of all, just get a Blue Book and do whatever the heck it tells you.  But the general rule is that the court is included in the parentheses when it is not clear from the cite which court it is.  In your first example, it was not clear which western state's high court decided the thing; in your second example, stringing the AZ SCt. court's cite made it clear and you could omit it.\n\nIn New York, I might cite 18 N.Y.S.2d 434 (1st. Dept. 1986) or 18 N.Y.S.2d 461 (3rd Dept. 1986) because the NYS books have all the appelate divisions mixed together and it's important to show whether the case is considered law in New York City or Buffalo.  But I would just write 18 N.Y.2d 267 (1984) without a court because all N.Y.2d cases are from the Appellate Division (which is NY's highest court).