City of Los Angeles et al. v. Preferred Communications, Inc.

Decided June 2, 1986. William Hubbs Rehnquist delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 85-390 · 476 U.S. 488 (1986) · Cited 179 times

Holding

The complaint should not have been dismissed.

The Court’s statement of the holding, from the opinion’s syllabus. The syllabus is prepared by the Reporter of Decisions and is not part of the opinion of the Court — read the official opinion for authority.

How the Justices voted

Decided 9–0.

“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.

• Members of the City Council of Los Angeles v. Taxpayers for Vincent · 466 U.S. 789 (1984)
• United States Railroad Retirement Board v. Fritz · 449 U.S. 166 (1980)
• Schweiker v. Wilson · 450 U.S. 221 (1981)
• Miami Herald Publishing Co. v. Tornillo · 418 U.S. 241 (1974)
• United States v. O'Brien · 391 U.S. 367 (1968)
• Cornelius v. NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc. · 473 U.S. 788 (1985)
• Red Lion Broadcasting Co. v. Federal Communications Commission · 395 U.S. 367 (1969)
• Parker v. Brown · 317 U.S. 341 (1943)
• Ohralik v. Ohio State Bar Assn. · 436 U.S. 447 (1978)
• Kugler v. Helfant · 421 U.S. 117 (1975)
• Landmark Communications, Inc. v. Virginia · 435 U.S. 829 (1978)
• Federal Communications Commission v. League of Women Voters of California · 468 U.S. 364 (1984)
• Federal Communications Commission v. Midwest Video Corp. · 440 U.S. 689 (1979)

Cited by

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

• Denver Area Educational Telecommunications Consortium, Inc. v. Federal Communications Commission · 518 U.S. 727 (1996)
• Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. v. Federal Communications Commission · 512 U.S. 622 (1994)
• Leathers v. Medlock · 499 U.S. 439 (1991)
• Arkansas Educational Television Commission v. Forbes · 523 U.S. 666 (1998)
• Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. v. Federal Communications Commission · 520 U.S. 180 (1997)

Official text

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Source: Supreme Court of the United States, slip opinions (1986). Citation count from the Free Law Project’s CourtListener bulk data. Data last verified 2026-07-03. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).