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Does drug testing for students in extracurricular activities violate the Fourth Amendment?
Breed v. Jones, 421 U.S. 519 (1975)
Is prosecution as an adult after an adjudicatory finding in juvenile court double jeopardy?
City of Chicago v. Morales, 527 U.S. 41 (1999)
Criminal law as unconstitutionally vague
Commonwealth v. Fisher, 213 Pa. 48, 62 A. 198 (1905)
Juvenile court jurisdiction
Eddings v. Oklahoma, 455 U.S. 104 (1982)
Death penalty mitigating factors for juveniles
Ex parte Crouse, 4 Whart. 9 (Pa. 1838)
Juvenile commitment
In re Gault, 387 U.S. 1 (1967)
The Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment applies to juvenile defendants as well as adult defendants
In re Winship, 397 U.S. 358 (1970)
Burden of proof in juvenile delinquency fact-finding hearings
J.D.B. v. North Carolina, 564 U.S. 261 (2011)
Should a juvenile's age be considered regarding interrogation?
Jones v. Mississippi, 593 U.S. ___ (2021)
Are life sentences for juveniles constitutional?
Kent v. United States, 383 U.S. 541 (1966)
Requirements for juvenile waiver into adult criminal court
Martarella v. Kelley, 349 F. Supp. 575 (S.D.N.Y. 1972)
Institutionalization of juveniles in need of assistance
McKeiver v. Pennsylvania, 403 U.S. 528 (1971)
Do juveniles have a right to jury trial?
Morales v. Turman, 364 F. Supp. 166 (E.D. Tex. 1973)
The constitutionality of unwritten practices of juvenile institutions
Nelson v. Heyne, 491 F.2d 352 (7th Cir. 1974)
Incarcerated juveniles' constitutional right to rehabilitative treatment
Oklahoma Publishing Company v. District Court in and for Oklahoma City, 430 U.S. 308 (1977)
Press coverage of juvenile proceedings
People ex rel. O’Connell v. Turner, 55 Ill. 280, 8 Am. Rep. 645 (1870)
Rights regarding the care and custody of children
People v. Green, 155 Mich. 524, 532, 119 N.W. 1087 (1909)
Are parents the sole judge of the necessity of child discipline?
Prince v. Massachusetts, 321 U.S. 158 (1944)
Equal protection of the laws, excluding some children; custody, care and nurture of a child resides first in the parents
Roper v. Simmons, 543 U.S. 551 (2005)
Death sentence for a crime committed under 18 violates the Eighth Amendment
Santana v. Collazo, 714 F.2d 1172 (1st Cir. 1983)
Juvenile detention conditions
Santosky v. Kramer, 455 U.S. 745 (1982)
Termination of parental rights
Schall v. Martin, 467 U.S. 253 (1984)
Pretrial detention of an accused juvenile
Schleifer v. City of Charlottesville, 159 F.3d 843 (4th Cir. 1998)
Juvenile curfew ordinance was the least restrictive alternative
Shioutakon v. District of Columbia, 236 F.2d 666 (1956)
Need for counsel in juvenile hearings
Smith v. Daily Mail Publishing Company, 443 U.S. 97 (1979)
The State cannot punish publication of juvenile names lawfully obtained by newspapers
Stanford v. Kentucky, 492 U.S. 361 (1989)
Does a juvenile have a constitutional right to treatment in the juvenile justice system?
Thompson v. Oklahoma, 487 U.S. 815 (1988)
The Eighth Amendment prohibits the execution of a person who was under 16 years of age at the time of offense.
Worthen v. State, 42 Md. App. 20, 399 A.2d 272 (1979)
What is the value of curative jury instructions?
* Case has been overturned