City of Boerne v. Flores

Holding that RFRA is unconstitutional in so far as it permits suits against state actors

Tennessee v. Lane

Holding that in providing prophylactic relief in the context of a "fundamental right of access to [state] courts," Title II of the ADA "constitutes a valid exercise of Congress's § 5 authority to enforce the guarantees of the Fourteenth Amendment" and abrogates the states' Eleventh Amendment sovereign immunity

U.S. v. Morrison

Holding that Congress exceeded its interstate commerce powers in enacting a civil remedy for victims of gender-motivated violence

Nevada Dept. of Human Resources v. Hibbs

Holding FMLA family leave provision validly abrogated state sovereign immunity: "pervasive sex-role stereotype that caring for family members is women’s work," in turn "foster[ing] employers’ stereotypical views about women’s commitment to work and their value as employees"

Florida Prepaid Postsecondary Education Expense Board v. College Savings Bank

Holding remedy unconstitutional because its scope was incongruous to the scant history of unconstitutional state action

Nw. Austin Mun. Util. Dist. No. One v. Holder

Holding that the district at issue was eligible to seek bailout under the Voting Rights Act and therefore "not reach[ing] the constitutionality of § 5"

South Carolina v. Katzenbach

Holding that a state is not a person entitled to due process under the fifth amendment

Katzenbach v. Morgan

Holding that likely discrimination against Puerto Ricans in areas other than voting supported statute abolishing literacy test as qualification for voting

Department of Labor v. Triplett

Holding that an attorney who had allegedly collected illegal fees under the Black Lung Benefits Act had standing to raise black lung benefit claimants' due process right to legal representation

Reno v. Bossier Parish School Bd.

Holding that a claim for declaratory relief regarding electoral redistricting was not moot, despite the election having come and gone, because the existing plan would have probable continuing effect as a baseline for future redistricting plans

Section 1973 - Transferred

Holding that no change in voting takes effect until precleared

Section 1973p - Transferred