The following List of landmark court decisions in the United States contains landmark court decisions which change the interpretation of existing law in the United States. Such a decision may settle the law in more than one way:
In the United States, landmark court decisions come most frequently from the Supreme Court. United States courts of appeals may also make such decisions, particularly if the Supreme Court chooses not to review the case. Although many cases from state supreme courts are significant in developing the law of that state, only a few are so revolutionary that they announce standards that many other state courts then choose to follow.
Main article: Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution |
Main article: Capital punishment in the United States |
Main article: Federalism in the United States |
Main articles: Outline of United States federal Indian law and policy and List of United States Supreme Court cases involving Indian tribes |
Main article: First Amendment to the United States Constitution |
Main articles: Freedom of speech in the United States and Freedom of the press in the United States |
Main article: Freedom of religion in the United States |
Main article: Right to petition in the United States |
Main article: Second Amendment to the United States Constitution |
Main article: Third Amendment to the United States Constitution |
Main article: Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution |
Main article: Separation of powers under the United States Constitution |
Main article: United States administrative law |