Author and Professor Christopher Schmidt reviews the history of critical Supreme Court civil rights and equality cases that everyone should know. A table of Supreme Court decisions in which the Court overturned a prior ruling.Court cases that go to trial go through five basic steps. Each step is explained below. The US Supreme Court landmark case Katzenbach V. Morgan (1966) addressed the constitutionality of section 4(e) of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. The thrust and parry of stare decisis illustrates the considerable leeway Justices enjoy in making outcomedriven decisions about whether to respect precedent. Participate in interactive landmark Supreme Court cases that have shaped history and have an impact on law-abiding citizens today. Constitutional civil rights in a nutshell. St. Paul: West Publishing Co. Wadlington, W., O'Brien, R.C. (1998). Records of the Supreme Court related to civil rights and Georgia cases.