Civil Rights Court Cases
Engle vs. Vitale (1962)
-Case that stated it is unconstitutional for there to be an official school prayer.
-Brought up by a family from New York. They said the official prayer went against their religion and violated the First Amendment.
-Court ruled that the government written prayers were not to be in public school systems.
Gideon vs. Wainwright (1963)
-Case that required the government to provide counsel in criminal cases for defendants unable to afford an attorney.
-Brought to court when a poor man, named Clarence Earl Gideon, broke into the Panama City, Florida Bay Harbor Pool Room. He was unable to afford an attorney when charged with his crime. He was later charged with five years in the Florida State prision.
- Court ruled that no one should be charged of a crime and forced to go to court without the presence of an attorney.
Miranda vs. Arizona (1966)
-Case began when Ernesto Miranda was arrested in 1963 for rape, kidnapping, and robbery. Miranda confessed to the crimes with no counsel present during his interegation. He had not finished the ninth grade when convicted and had a history of mental instability.
-Miranda was sentenced to twenty to thirty years in prision.
-After Miranda appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court, his case was reviewed in 1966.
-Supreme Court said that any criminal suspects must be informed of their constitutional right to an attorney and against self-incrimination at the time of arrest.
Tinker vs. Des Moines (1969)
-Case was brought about when three students in Iowa were suspended from school for wearing armbands to protest the government's policy in Vietnam. Their parents filed a suit to the U.S. District Court.
-Case was argued on November 12, 1968.
-Case was decided on Feburary 24, 1969.
-Supreme Court ruled that the students had the freedom to wear their armbands to protest the Vietnam War.
-Case that stated it is unconstitutional for there to be an official school prayer.
-Brought up by a family from New York. They said the official prayer went against their religion and violated the First Amendment.
-Court ruled that the government written prayers were not to be in public school systems.
Gideon vs. Wainwright (1963)
-Case that required the government to provide counsel in criminal cases for defendants unable to afford an attorney.
-Brought to court when a poor man, named Clarence Earl Gideon, broke into the Panama City, Florida Bay Harbor Pool Room. He was unable to afford an attorney when charged with his crime. He was later charged with five years in the Florida State prision.
- Court ruled that no one should be charged of a crime and forced to go to court without the presence of an attorney.
Miranda vs. Arizona (1966)
-Case began when Ernesto Miranda was arrested in 1963 for rape, kidnapping, and robbery. Miranda confessed to the crimes with no counsel present during his interegation. He had not finished the ninth grade when convicted and had a history of mental instability.
-Miranda was sentenced to twenty to thirty years in prision.
-After Miranda appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court, his case was reviewed in 1966.
-Supreme Court said that any criminal suspects must be informed of their constitutional right to an attorney and against self-incrimination at the time of arrest.
Tinker vs. Des Moines (1969)
-Case was brought about when three students in Iowa were suspended from school for wearing armbands to protest the government's policy in Vietnam. Their parents filed a suit to the U.S. District Court.
-Case was argued on November 12, 1968.
-Case was decided on Feburary 24, 1969.
-Supreme Court ruled that the students had the freedom to wear their armbands to protest the Vietnam War.