City of Erie, et al. v. Pap'S a. M., Tdba 'Kandyland'

Decided March 29, 2000. Sandra Day O'Connor delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 98-1161 · 529 U.S. 277 (2000) · Cited 1,058 times

Holding

The judgment is reversed, and the case is remanded.553 Pa.

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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. Source: the Supreme Court Database (Spaeth et al.), Washington University.

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.

• Barnes v. Glen Theatre, Inc. · 501 U.S. 560 (1991)
• United States v. O'Brien · 391 U.S. 367 (1968)
• City of Renton v. Playtime Theatres, Inc. · 475 U.S. 41 (1986)
• Young v. American Mini Theatres, Inc. · 427 U.S. 50 (1976)
• Ward v. Rock Against Racism · 491 U.S. 781 (1989)
• Schad v. Borough of Mount Ephraim · 452 U.S. 61 (1981)
• Asarco Inc. v. Kadish · 490 U.S. 605 (1989)
• Clark v. Community for Creative Non-Violence · 468 U.S. 288 (1984)
• Texas v. Johnson · 491 U.S. 397 (1989)
• Nixon v. Shrink Missouri Government PAC · 528 U.S. 377 (2000)
• Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. v. Federal Communications Commission · 520 U.S. 180 (1997)
• Arizonans for Official English v. Arizona · 520 U.S. 43 (1997)
• Boos v. Barry · 485 U.S. 312 (1988)
• Federal Communications Commission v. National Citizens Committee for Broadcasting · 436 U.S. 775 (1978)
• Chevron U. S. A. Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. · 467 U.S. 837 (1984)
• Friends of the Earth, Inc. v. Laidlaw Environmental Services (TOC), Inc. · 528 U.S. 167 (2000)
• Powell v. McCormack · 395 U.S. 486 (1969)
• Steffel v. Thompson · 415 U.S. 452 (1974)
• United States v. W. T. Grant Co. · 345 U.S. 629 (1953)
• Marks v. United States · 430 U.S. 188 (1977)
• County of Los Angeles v. Davis · 440 U.S. 625 (1979)
• Church of Scientology of California v. United States · 506 U.S. 9 (1992)
• Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. v. Federal Communications Commission · 512 U.S. 622 (1994)
• Preiser v. Newkirk · 422 U.S. 395 (1975)
• Southeastern Promotions, Ltd. v. Conrad · 420 U.S. 546 (1975)
• U.S. Bancorp Mortgage Co. v. Bonner Mall Partnership · 513 U.S. 18 (1994)
• United States v. Concentrated Phosphate Export Assn., Inc. · 393 U.S. 199 (1968)
• California v. LaRue · 409 U.S. 109 (1972)
• Republic Aviation Corp. v. National Labor Relations Board · 324 U.S. 793 (1945)
• United States v. Albertini · 472 U.S. 675 (1985)

Cited by

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

• City of Los Angeles v. Alameda Books, Inc. · 535 U.S. 425 (2002)
• City News & Novelty, Inc. v. City of Waukesha · 531 U.S. 278 (2001)
• Watchtower Bible & Tract Society of New York, Inc. v. Village of Stratton · 536 U.S. 150 (2002)
• Knox v. Service Employees International Union, Local 1000 · 567 U.S. 298 (2012)
• Lorillard Tobacco Co. v. Reilly · 533 U.S. 525 (2001)
• Stenberg v. Carhart · 530 U.S. 914 (2000)
• Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization · 597 U.S. 215 (2022)
• Free Speech Coalition, Inc. v. Paxton · 606 U.S. 461 (2025)

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