303 Creative LLC v. Elenis

Decided June 30, 2023. Neil M. Gorsuch delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 21-476 · 600 U.S. 570 (2023) · Cited 85 times

Holding

The First Amendment prohibits Colorado from forcing a website designer to create expressive designs speaking messages with which the designer disagrees.

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How the Justices voted

Decided 6–3.

“Concurring” means agreeing with the outcome; any split shown is the Court’s judgment, not each Justice’s reasoning. The lineup is the syllabus’s disposition of who wrote and joined each opinion. Source: the opinion’s syllabus (supremecourt.gov).

Precedents cited

Supreme Court decisions this opinion relies on, ordered by how often it cites each. Cases in our collection link through; others are named.

• 303 Creative LLC v. Elenis · 600 U.S. 570 (2023)
• Hurley v. Irish-American Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual Group of Boston, Inc. · 515 U.S. 557 (1995)
• Roberts v. United States Jaycees · 468 U.S. 609 (1984)
• Rumsfeld v. Forum for Academic and Institutional Rights, Inc. · 547 U.S. 47 (2006)
• Boy Scouts of America v. Dale · 530 U.S. 640 (2000)
• West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette · 319 U.S. 624 (1943)
• Runyon v. McCrary · 427 U.S. 160 (1976)
• Hishon v. King & Spalding · 467 U.S. 69 (1984)
• Whitney v. California · 274 U.S. 357 (1927)
• Obergefell v. Hodges · 576 U.S. 644 (2015)
• Heart of Atlanta Motel, Inc. v. United States · 379 U.S. 241 (1964)
• United States v. O'Brien · 391 U.S. 367 (1968)
• Newman v. Piggie Park Enterprises, Inc. · 390 U.S. 400 (1968)
• Sorrell v. IMS Health Inc. · 564 U.S. 552 (2011)
• Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District · 393 U.S. 503 (1969)
• Snyder v. Phelps · 562 U.S. 443 (2011)
• Korematsu v. United States · 323 U.S. 214 (1945)
• Katzenbach v. McClung · 379 U.S. 294 (1964)
• Shelby County v. Holder · 570 U.S. 529 (2013)
• Norwood v. Harrison · 413 U.S. 455 (1973)
• Counterman v. Colorado · 600 U.S. 66 (2023)
• National Socialist Party of America v. Village of Skokie · 432 U.S. 43 (1977)
• Wisconsin v. City of New York · 517 U.S. 1 (1996)
• Ward v. Rock Against Racism · 491 U.S. 781 (1989)
• Loving v. Virginia · 388 U.S. 1 (1967)
• Clark v. Community for Creative Non-Violence · 468 U.S. 288 (1984)
• Lawrence v. Texas · 539 U.S. 558 (2003)
• Wooley v. Maynard · 430 U.S. 705 (1977)
• Reno v. American Civil Liberties Union · 521 U.S. 844 (1997)
• Jones v. Alfred H. Mayer Co. · 392 U.S. 409 (1968)

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Source: Supreme Court of the United States, slip opinions (2023). Citation count from the Free Law Project’s CourtListener bulk data. Data last verified 2026-08-15. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).