Search Results: Returned 16 Results, Displaying Titles 1 - 16
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-- Brown versus Board of Education1998., Lucent Books Call No: 347.73 TAC Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Famous trialsSummary Note: Provides a historical overview of the case that desegregated public education in the United States.
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c1994., Enslow Publishers Call No: 344.73 Fir Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to view Series Title: Landmark Supreme Court casesSummary Note: Examines ideas and arguments behind the case that brought about equal schooling for all.
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-- Brown versus Board of Education2004., Juvenile, Rosen Central Primary Source Call No: 347.73 AND Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Supreme Court cases through primary sourcesSummary Note: Examines the history of the Jim Crow laws that allowed the segregation of whites and African-Americans, discusses challenges to the laws, and looks at how things changed when the Supreme Court outlawed segregation in public education in 1954 in the case of "Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas.".
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-- Bush versus Gorec2003., Pre-adolescent, Enslow Publishers Call No: 342.73 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Landmark Supreme Court casesSummary Note: Chronicles the 2000 presidential election dispute and discusses each side of the "Bush v. Gore" Supreme Court case.
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-- Clay versus United States1997., Juvenile, Enslow Publishers Call No: 347.73 FRE Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Landmark Supreme Court casesSummary Note: Describes the trial of Muhammad Ali, the first three-time boxing Heavyweight Champion of the world, for refusing to serve in the Vietnam War.
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-- Cruzan versus Missouri1999., Juvenile, Enslow Publishers Call No: 347.73 FIR Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Landmark Supreme Court casesSummary Note: Examines the 1989 Supreme Court case that dealt with whether the family of Nancy Cruzan had a right to remove a feeding and hydration tube from her body.
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-- Furman versus GeorgiaBy Herda, D. J1994., Enslow Publishers Call No: 347.73 HER Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Landmark Supreme Court casesSummary Note: Examines the ideas and arguments behind the landmark Supreme Court case involving the death penalty in Georgia in 1972.
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By Wice, Paul B1995., Juvenile, Franklin Watts Call No: 347.73 WIC Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Historic Supreme Court casesSummary Note: Discusses the principle of the right to counsel for all defendants, the case of Gideon v. Wainwright, and the significance of the Supreme Court's decision regarding that principle.
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-- Gideon versus Wainwright1995., Juvenile, Enslow Publishers Call No: 347.73 SHE Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Landmark Supreme Court casesSummary Note: Examines the 1963 Supreme Court case that guarantees legal counsel to all who are accused of a felony.
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2007., Pre-adolescent, Chelsea Call No: 345.73 056 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Great Supreme Court decisions.Summary Note: Presents the various trials of the Gideon v. Wainwright case, the final Supreme Court decision, and the impact of the case on the right to counsel for all defendants in criminal cases.
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-- Mapp versus Ohio1997., Juvenile, Enslow Publishers Call No: 347.73 PER Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Landmark Supreme Court casesSummary Note: The landmark Supreme Court case that dealt with drawing the line between legal and illegal searches of private residences and what evidence obtained from such searches is admissible in court.
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-- Marbury versus Madison1998., Juvenile, Enslow Publishers Call No: 347.73 DEV Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Landmark Supreme Court casesSummary Note: Discusses the case Marbury v. Madison in which the idea of judicial review became part of the federal government's system of checks and balances.
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-- New Jersey versus T.L.O1998., Juvenile, Enslow Publishers Call No: 347.73 PER Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Landmark Supreme Court casesSummary Note: Details the Supreme Court case that dealt with drug searches by public school employees and debated the Fourth Amendment rights of students.
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1997., Juvenile, Franklin Watts Call No: 347.73 HOR Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Historic Supreme Court casesSummary Note: This book tells the story of Ozie Powell and eight other Scottsboro Boys who were arrested in March 1931, tried and convicted despite a lack of evidence. The case described the overturning of the conviction and death sentence because Powell had been denied effective counsel at trial.
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-- United States versus Virginia2000., Enslow Publishers Call No: 347.73 LON Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Landmark Supreme Court casesSummary Note: Presents information about the Supreme Court case which questioned the Virginia Military Institute's male-only policy and which refueled the debate regarding private, single-gender schools.
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-- Vernonia School District versus Acton1999., Enslow Publishers Call No: 347.73 PER Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Landmark Supreme Court casesSummary Note: Describes the 1995 Supreme Court case which held that public school officials could do mandatory drug testing if they showed that a drug problem existed among the students, even though individual students were not suspected.