Citizens Against Rent Control/coalition for Fair Housing et al. v. City of Berkeley, California, et al.

Decided December 14, 1981. Warren Earl Burger delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 80-737 · 454 U.S. 290 (1981) · Cited 388 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 8–1.

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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.

• Buckley v. Valeo · 424 U.S. 1 (1976)
• First Nat. Bank of Boston v. Bellotti · 435 U.S. 765 (1978)
• California Medical Ass'n v. Federal Election Commission · 453 U.S. 182 (1981)
• National Ass'n for the Advancement of Colored People v. Alabama Ex Rel. Patterson · 357 U.S. 449 (1958)
• United States v. International Union United Automobile, Aircraft & Agricultural Implement Workers · 352 U.S. 567 (1957)
• Cantwell v. Connecticut · 310 U.S. 296 (1940)
• Eastern Railroad Presidents Conference v. Noerr Motor Freight, Inc. · 365 U.S. 127 (1961)
• Associated Press v. United States · 326 U.S. 1 (1945)
• James v. Valtierra · 402 U.S. 137 (1971)

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• Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission · 558 U.S. 310 (2010)
• McCutcheon v. Federal Election Comm'n · 572 U.S. 185 (2014)
• National Ass'n for the Advancement of Colored People v. Claiborne Hardware Co. · 458 U.S. 886 (1982)
• McConnell v. Federal Election Commission · 540 U.S. 93 (2003)
• Buckley v. American Constitutional Law Foundation, Inc. · 525 U.S. 182 (1999)
• Nixon v. Shrink Missouri Government PAC · 528 U.S. 377 (2000)
• Federal Election Commission v. National Conservative Political Action Committee · 470 U.S. 480 (1985)
• Colorado Republican Federal Campaign Committee v. Federal Election Commission · 518 U.S. 604 (1996)
• Madsen v. Women's Health Center, Inc. · 512 U.S. 753 (1994)
• Roberts v. United States Jaycees · 468 U.S. 609 (1984)
• Regan v. Taxation With Representation of Washington · 461 U.S. 540 (1983)
• Eu v. San Francisco County Democratic Central Committee · 489 U.S. 214 (1989)
• Meyer v. Grant · 486 U.S. 414 (1988)
• Minnesota State Board for Community Colleges v. Knight · 465 U.S. 271 (1984)
• Federal Election Commission v. Massachusetts Citizens for Life, Inc. · 479 U.S. 238 (1986)
• Christian Legal Soc. Chapter of Univ. of Cal., Hastings College of Law v. Martinez · 561 U.S. 661 (2010)
• Federal Trade Commission v. Superior Court Trial Lawyers Ass'n · 493 U.S. 411 (1990)
• United Steelworkers of America v. Sadlowski · 457 U.S. 102 (1982)
• Morse v. Republican Party of Virginia · 517 U.S. 186 (1996)

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