Dred Scott v. Sanford Tthe Dred Scott decision is unique among Supreme Court decisions: it started a war. read more
Gilmore petitioned for certiorari to the U.S. Supreme Court, but in January 2007 the court declined to hear the case. As a result, the case is precedent for the Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. read more
George W. Bush's lawyer Theodore Olson, seen in this artist's rendering, argues before the U.S. Supreme Court on Dec. 1, 2000, during the hearing on whether the court should intervene in the nation's contested presidential election. read more