Capitol Square Review and Advisory Board, et al. v. Vincent J. Pinette, Donnie a. Carr and Knights of the Ku Klux Klan

Decided June 29, 1995. Antonin Scalia delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 94-780 · 515 U.S. 753 (1995) · Cited 598 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 7–2.

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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.

• County of Allegheny v. American Civil Liberties Union · 492 U.S. 573 (1989)
• Widmar v. Vincent · 454 U.S. 263 (1981)
• Lamb's Chapel v. Center Moriches Union Free School District · 508 U.S. 384 (1993)
• Board of Ed. of Westside Community Schools (Dist. 66) v. Mergens · 496 U.S. 226 (1990)
• Lynch v. Donnelly · 465 U.S. 668 (1984)
• Perry Education Ass'n v. Perry Local Educators' Ass'n · 460 U.S. 37 (1983)
• Wallace v. Jaffree · 472 U.S. 38 (1985)
• Clark v. Community for Creative Non-Violence · 468 U.S. 288 (1984)
• Everson v. Board of Ed. of Ewing · 330 U.S. 1 (1947)
• Lemon v. Kurtzman · 403 U.S. 602 (1971)
• Members of the City Council of Los Angeles v. Taxpayers for Vincent · 466 U.S. 789 (1984)
• City of Ladue v. Gilleo · 512 U.S. 43 (1994)
• Witters v. Washington Department of Services for the Blind · 474 U.S. 481 (1986)
• Lovell v. City of Griffin · 303 U.S. 444 (1938)
• Heffron v. International Society for Krishna Consciousness, Inc. · 452 U.S. 640 (1981)
• McIntyre v. Ohio Elections Commission · 514 U.S. 334 (1995)
• United States Postal Service v. Council of Greenburgh Civic Associations · 453 U.S. 114 (1981)
• Mueller v. Allen · 463 U.S. 388 (1983)
• Board of Ed. of Kiryas Joel Village School Dist. v. Grumet · 512 U.S. 687 (1994)
• McGowan v. Maryland · 366 U.S. 420 (1961)
• Ward v. Rock Against Racism · 491 U.S. 781 (1989)
• Central Hudson Gas & Electric Corp. v. Public Service Commission · 447 U.S. 557 (1980)
• Haguer v. Committee for Industrial Organization · 307 U.S. 496 (1939)
• Cornelius v. NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc. · 473 U.S. 788 (1985)
• Reynolds v. United States · 98 U.S. 145 (1879)
• Cohen v. California · 403 U.S. 15 (1971)
• Schneider v. State (Town of Irvington) · 308 U.S. 147 (1939)
• Young v. American Mini Theatres, Inc. · 427 U.S. 50 (1976)
• Frisby v. Schultz · 487 U.S. 474 (1988)
• Watson v. Jones · 80 U.S. 679 (1872)

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• Salazar v. Buono · 559 U.S. 700 (2010)
• Van Orden v. Perry · 545 U.S. 677 (2005)
• Good News Club v. Milford Central School · 533 U.S. 98 (2001)
• Elk Grove Unified School District v. Newdow · 542 U.S. 1 (2004)
• Santa Fe Independent School District v. Doe · 530 U.S. 290 (2000)
• American Legion v. American Humanist Assn. · 588 U.S. 29 (2019)
• Virginia v. Black · 538 U.S. 343 (2003)
• Pleasant Grove City v. Summum · 555 U.S. 460 (2009)
• McCreary County v. American Civil Liberties Union of Ky. · 545 U.S. 844 (2005)
• Zelman v. Simmons-Harris · 536 U.S. 639 (2002)
• Kennedy v. Bremerton School Dist. · 597 U.S. 507 (2022)
• Mitchell v. Helms · 530 U.S. 793 (2000)
• Shurtleff v. Boston · 596 U.S. 243 (2022)
• Bragdon v. Abbott · 524 U.S. 624 (1998)
• Mahanoy Area School Dist. v. B. L. · 594 U.S. 180 (2021)

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