Participate in interactive landmark Supreme Court cases that have shaped history and have an impact on law-abiding citizens today. The following decisions show how the high court has wrestled with some of history's biggest social, legal, and political issues.The ruling in this Supreme Court case upheld a Louisiana state law that allowed for equal but separate accommodations for the white and colored races. FindLaw provides an overview of some of the notable U.S. Supreme Court cases that have affected civil rights law in the United States through the years. The 1st and 2d sections of the Civil Rights Act passed March 1st, 1876, are unconstitutional enactments as applied to the several States. Court timeline of Supreme Court history The Warren Court: Brown v. Author and Professor Christopher Schmidt reviews the history of critical Supreme Court civil rights and equality cases that everyone should know. To access case, sign up for CaseText for free. In December 1956, after the Supreme Court upheld the ruling, the yearlong boycott ended in a historic civil rights victory. The Court did conclude in the Civil Rights Cases that "the act of . . .