A comprehensive collection of essays covering nearly 1,000 rulings by the U.S. Supreme Court and other federal and state courts.

This third edition of U.S. Court Cases provides students and researchers with insightful analysis and background information about landmark court cases that have shaped, and continue to reshape, American way of life. This new edition adds coverage of important cases decided in the fifteen years since the last edition—Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization(eliminated the constitutional right to abortion),Obergefell v. Hodges(guaranteed the right to marry to same-sex couples),Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. v. President and Fellows of Harvard College and University of North Carolina(ruled that race-based admissions are unconstitutional),Trump v. United States(codified that the President is immune from prosecution for an official act), and many more.