City of Austin v. Reagan National Advertising of Austin, LLC

Decided April 21, 2022. Sonia Sotomayor delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 20-1029 · 596 U.S. 61 (2022) · Cited 145 times

Holding

The distinction between on-premises signs and off-premises signs in the City of Austin’s sign code is facially content neutral under the First Amendment.

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How the Justices voted

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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.

• Reed v. Town of Gilbert · 576 U.S. 155 (2015)
• Hill v. Colorado · 530 U.S. 703 (2000)
• Heffron v. International Society for Krishna Consciousness, Inc. · 452 U.S. 640 (1981)
• Members of the City Council of Los Angeles v. Taxpayers for Vincent · 466 U.S. 789 (1984)
• Metromedia, Inc. v. City of San Diego · 453 U.S. 490 (1981)
• United States v. Stevens · 559 U.S. 460 (2010)
• Frisby v. Schultz · 487 U.S. 474 (1988)
• Sorrell v. IMS Health Inc. · 564 U.S. 552 (2011)
• Packer Corp. v. Utah · 285 U.S. 105 (1932)
• Cantwell v. Connecticut · 310 U.S. 296 (1940)
• Ward v. Rock Against Racism · 491 U.S. 781 (1989)
• Central Hudson Gas & Electric Corp. v. Public Service Commission · 447 U.S. 557 (1980)
• R. A. v. v. City of St. Paul · 505 U.S. 377 (1992)
• Carey v. Brown · 447 U.S. 455 (1980)
• United States v. Playboy Entertainment Group, Inc. · 529 U.S. 803 (2000)
• City of Cincinnati v. Discovery Network, Inc. · 507 U.S. 410 (1993)
• Consolidated Edison Co. of New York v. Public Service Commission · 447 U.S. 530 (1980)
• Federal Communications Commission v. League of Women Voters of California · 468 U.S. 364 (1984)
• Zivotofsky Ex Rel. Zivotofsky v. Clinton · 566 U.S. 189 (2012)
• Rosenberger v. Rector & Visitors of University of Virginia · 515 U.S. 819 (1995)
• Police Dept. of Chicago v. Mosley · 408 U.S. 92 (1972)
• Stromberg v. California · 283 U.S. 359 (1931)
• United States v. Detroit Timber & Lumber Co. · 200 U.S. 321 (1906)
• Tennessee v. Lane · 541 U.S. 509 (2004)
• Forsyth County v. Nationalist Movement · 505 U.S. 123 (1992)
• McIntyre v. Ohio Elections Commission · 514 U.S. 334 (1995)
• Holder v. Humanitarian Law Project · 561 U.S. 1 (2010)
• Meyer v. Grant · 486 U.S. 414 (1988)
• Abrams v. United States · 250 U.S. 616 (1919)
• Brown v. Entertainment Merchants Assn. · 564 U.S. 786 (2011)

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• Vidal v. Elster · 602 U.S. 286 (2024)

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