- Ex Parte Milligan (1866) -
- Schenck vs. US (1919) -
- Gitlow vs. New York (1925) -
- Near vs. Minnesota (1931) -
- Powell vs. Alabama (1932) -
- DeJongo vs. Oregon (1937) -
- US vs. Miller (1939) -
- Cantwell vs. Connecticut (1940) -
- Cox vs. New Hampshire (1941) -
- Chaplinsky vs. New Hampshire (1942) -
- Wolf vs. Colorado (1949) -
- Stack vs. Boyle (1951) -
- Zorach vs. Clauson (1952) -
- Roth vs. US (1957) -
- Mapp vs. Ohio (1961) -
- Engle vs. Vitale (1962) -
- Abington School District vs. Schempp (1963) -
- Gideon vs. Wainright (1963) -
- Escobedo vs. Illinois (1964) -
- New York Times vs. Sullivan (1964) -
- Griswold vs. Connecticut (1965) -
- Mirana vs. Arizona (1966) -
- Katz vs. US (1967) -
- Epperson vs. Arkansas (1968) -
- Tinker vs. Des Moines (1969) -
- Coates vs.Cincinnati (1971) -
- Lemon vs. Kurtzman (1971) -
- New York Times vs. US (1971) -
- Roe vs. Wade (1973) -
- Gregg vs. Georgia (1976) -
- Collins vs. Smith [National Socialist Party of America v. Village of Skokie] (1977) -
- Richmond Newspapers Inc vs. Virginia(1980) -
- Montana vs. US (1981) -
- City of Richmond v. J.A. Croson Co. (1989) -
- Texas Vs. Johnson (1989) -
- Cruzan vs. Missouri Department of Health (1990) -
- Lee vs. Weisman (1992) -
- Printz, Sheriff/Coroner, Ravalli County, Montana vs. US (1997) -