City of Ladue, et al. v. Margaret P. Gilleo

Decided June 13, 1994. John Paul Stevens delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 92-1856 · 512 U.S. 43 (1994) · Cited 627 times

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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.

• Metromedia, Inc. v. City of San Diego · 453 U.S. 490 (1981)
• Members of the City Council of Los Angeles v. Taxpayers for Vincent · 466 U.S. 789 (1984)
• Consolidated Edison Co. of New York v. Public Service Commission · 447 U.S. 530 (1980)
• Linmark Associates, Inc. v. Township of Willingboro · 431 U.S. 85 (1977)
• Police Dept. of Chicago v. Mosley · 408 U.S. 92 (1972)
• Simon & Schuster, Inc. v. Members of the New York State Crime Victims Board · 502 U.S. 105 (1991)
• City of Renton v. Playtime Theatres, Inc. · 475 U.S. 41 (1986)
• Schneider v. State (Town of Irvington) · 308 U.S. 147 (1939)
• Lovell v. City of Griffin · 303 U.S. 444 (1938)
• Carey v. Brown · 447 U.S. 455 (1980)
• Martin v. City of Struthers · 319 U.S. 141 (1943)
• Spence v. Washington · 418 U.S. 405 (1974)
• Payton v. New York · 445 U.S. 573 (1980)
• Ward v. Rock Against Racism · 491 U.S. 781 (1989)
• Roth v. United States · 354 U.S. 476 (1957)
• Virginia State Board of Pharmacy v. Virginia Citizens Consumer Council, Inc. · 425 U.S. 748 (1976)
• R. A. v. v. City of St. Paul · 505 U.S. 377 (1992)
• Clark v. Community for Creative Non-Violence · 468 U.S. 288 (1984)
• Anderson v. Celebrezze · 460 U.S. 780 (1983)
• First Nat. Bank of Boston v. Bellotti · 435 U.S. 765 (1978)
• Widmar v. Vincent · 454 U.S. 263 (1981)
• Frisby v. Schultz · 487 U.S. 474 (1988)
• Kovacs v. Cooper · 336 U.S. 77 (1949)
• Boos v. Barry · 485 U.S. 312 (1988)
• Gitlow v. New York · 268 U.S. 652 (1925)
• Cox v. New Hampshire · 312 U.S. 569 (1941)
• Schad v. Borough of Mount Ephraim · 452 U.S. 61 (1981)
• Hustler Magazine, Inc. v. Falwell · 485 U.S. 46 (1988)
• Forsyth County v. Nationalist Movement · 505 U.S. 123 (1992)
• City of Cincinnati v. Discovery Network, Inc. · 507 U.S. 410 (1993)

Cited by

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• Reed v. Town of Gilbert · 576 U.S. 155 (2015)
• Hill v. Colorado · 530 U.S. 703 (2000)
• Barr v. American Assn. of Political Consultants, Inc. · 591 U.S. 610 (2020)
• United States v. National Treasury Employees Union · 513 U.S. 454 (1995)
• Capitol Square Review & Advisory Board v. Pinette · 515 U.S. 753 (1995)
• Nixon v. Shrink Missouri Government PAC · 528 U.S. 377 (2000)
• Ashcroft v. American Civil Liberties Union · 535 U.S. 564 (2002)
• McCutcheon v. Federal Election Comm'n · 572 U.S. 185 (2014)
• Espinoza v. Montana Dept. of Revenue · 591 U.S. 464 (2020)
• McIntyre v. Ohio Elections Commission · 514 U.S. 334 (1995)
• Brown v. Entertainment Merchants Assn. · 564 U.S. 786 (2011)
• Republican Party of Minnesota v. White · 536 U.S. 765 (2002)
• National Institute of Family and Life Advocates v. Becerra · 585 U.S. 755 (2018)
• Glickman v. Wileman Brothers & Elliott, Inc. · 521 U.S. 457 (1997)
• TikTok Inc. v. Garland · 604 U.S. 56 (2025)

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