Board of Airport Commissioners of the City of Los Angeles et al. v. Jews for Jesus, Inc., et al.

Decided June 15, 1987. Sandra Day O'Connor delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 86-104 · 482 U.S. 569 (1987) · Cited 487 times

Holding

The resolution violates the First Amendment.

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How the Justices voted

Decided 9–0.

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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.

• Baggett v. Bullitt · 377 U.S. 360 (1964)
• Perry Education Ass'n v. Perry Local Educators' Ass'n · 460 U.S. 37 (1983)
• Broadrick v. Oklahoma · 413 U.S. 601 (1973)
• Kolender v. Lawson · 461 U.S. 352 (1983)
• Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District · 393 U.S. 503 (1969)
• New York v. Ferber · 458 U.S. 747 (1982)
• Members of the City Council of Los Angeles v. Taxpayers for Vincent · 466 U.S. 789 (1984)
• Babbitt v. United Farm Workers National Union · 442 U.S. 289 (1979)
• Cohen v. California · 403 U.S. 15 (1971)
• Brockett v. Spokane Arcades, Inc. · 472 U.S. 491 (1985)
• Harman v. Forssenius · 380 U.S. 528 (1965)
• Lewis v. City of New Orleans · 415 U.S. 130 (1974)

Cited by

Later Supreme Court opinions in our collection that cite this case.

• Minnesota Voters Alliance v. Mansky · 585 U.S. 1 (2018)
• International Society for Krishna Consciousness, Inc. v. Lee · 505 U.S. 672 (1992)
• Packingham v. North Carolina · 582 U.S. 98 (2017)
• Board of Trustees of State Univ. of NY v. Fox · 492 U.S. 469 (1989)
• United States v. Kokinda · 497 U.S. 720 (1990)
• Iancu v. Brunetti · 588 U.S. 388 (2019)
• Boos v. Barry · 485 U.S. 312 (1988)
• Forsyth County v. Nationalist Movement · 505 U.S. 123 (1992)
• Massachusetts v. Oakes · 491 U.S. 576 (1989)
• R. A. v. v. City of St. Paul · 505 U.S. 377 (1992)
• United States v. Stevens · 559 U.S. 460 (2010)
• Burson v. Freeman · 504 U.S. 191 (1992)
• Alexander v. United States · 509 U.S. 544 (1993)
• Renne v. Geary · 501 U.S. 312 (1991)
• National Endowment for the Arts v. Finley · 524 U.S. 569 (1998)
• Zobrest v. Catalina Foothills School District · 509 U.S. 1 (1993)
• United States v. Sineneng-Smith · 590 U.S. 371 (2020)
• Los Angeles Police Department v. United Reporting Publishing Corp. · 528 U.S. 32 (1999)

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