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Constitutional Law
Entick v. Carrington
Marbury v. Madison
McCulloch v. Maryland
Proprietors of Charles River Bridge v. Proprietors of Warren Bridge
The Slaughter-House Cases
Contract Law
Hochster v. De La Tour
Hadley v. Baxendale
Taylor v. Caldwell
Carlill v. Carbolic Smoke Ball Co.
Morrison v. Thoelke
Criminal Law
M'Naghten Rule
Regina v. Dudley & Stephens
People v. Beardsley
Regina v. Cunningham
Property Law
Duke of Norfolkâs Case
Pierson v. Post
Johnson v. M'Intosh
Tulk v. Moxhay
Tort Law
Case of the Thorns
Byrne v. Boadle
Vosburg v. Putney
Martin v. Herzog
Palsgraf v. Long Island Railroad Co.
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