Court rulings and judicial opinions that settle a specific legal dispute and, in doing so, establish or overturn a constitutional or legal principle, including Brown v. Board of Education, Dred Scott v. Sandford, Marbury v. Madison and Plessy v. Ferguson. Belongs here: a text that is a court's own written decision in a specific case. Does not belong here: a treatise or theoretical work that discusses law or the state without deciding an actual case, grouped under Political Philosophy and Theoretical Works, or the constitutional or statutory text a ruling interprets, grouped under Constitutions and Founding Charters.
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1. Marbury v. Madison (Wikipedia)
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Marbury v. Madison, 5 U.S. (1 Cranch) 137 (1803), is a landmark decision of the Supreme Court of the United States that established the principle of judicial review, meaning that American courts have the power to strike down laws and statutes they find to violate the Constitution of the United States.
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