1870–1879
| Case name | Citation | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| Hepburn v. Griswold | 75 U.S. 603 (1870) | constitutionality of legal tender laws |
| Baker v. Morton | 79 U.S. 150 (1870) | land claims in the Nebraska Territory |
| United States v. Klein | 80 U.S. 128 (1871) | separation of powers |
| Taylor v. Taintor | 83 U.S. 366 (1872) | rights and responsibilities of bail bondsmen |
| Slaughterhouse Cases | 83 U.S. 36 (1873) | freedom of employment |
| Bradwell v. State of Illinois | 83 U.S. 130 (1873) | equal protection, exclusion of women from employment |
| Minor v. Happersett | 88 U.S. 162 (1874) | Fourteenth Amendment and the right to vote |
| Beginning of active duty of Chief Justice Morrison Remick Waite, March 4, 1874 | ||
| Totten v. United States | 92 U.S. 105 (1875) | jurisdiction over espionage agreements |
| United States v. Cruikshank | 92 U.S. 542 (1875) | application of the First and Second Amendments to the states |
| Munn v. Illinois | 94 U.S. 113 (1876) | corporations and agricultural regulation |
| Pennoyer v. Neff | 95 U.S. 714 (1877) | bases of personal jurisdiction over defendants |
| City of Elizabeth v. American Nicholson Pavement Co. | 97 U.S. 126 (1878) | experimental use exception to the on-sale bar in United States patent law |
| Reynolds v. United States | 98 U.S. 145 (1878) | polygamy and freedom of religion |
| Wilkerson v. Utah | 99 U.S. 130 (1878) | capital punishment |
| Trade-Mark Cases | 100 U.S. 82 (1879) | Copyright Clause does not give Congress the power to regulate trademarks |
| Baker v. Selden | 101 U.S. 99 (1879) | differences between copyright & patent law |
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