City of Mesquite v. Aladdin'S Castle, Inc.

Decided February 23, 1982. John Paul Stevens delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 80-1577 · 455 U.S. 283 (1982) · Cited 1,119 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.

• Reed v. Reed · 404 U.S. 71 (1971)
• United States Railroad Retirement Board v. Fritz · 449 U.S. 166 (1980)
• Herb v. Pitcairn · 324 U.S. 117 (1945)
• Grayned v. City of Rockford · 408 U.S. 104 (1972)
• F. S. Royster Guano Co. v. Virginia · 253 U.S. 412 (1920)
• Konigsberg v. State Bar of Cal. · 353 U.S. 252 (1957)
• Delaware v. Prouse · 440 U.S. 648 (1979)
• Papachristou v. City of Jacksonville · 405 U.S. 156 (1972)
• Cicenia v. Lagay · 357 U.S. 504 (1958)
• Minnesota v. National Tea Co. · 309 U.S. 551 (1940)
• Stanley v. Illinois · 405 U.S. 645 (1972)
• Connally v. General Construction Co. · 269 U.S. 385 (1926)
• United States v. W. T. Grant Co. · 345 U.S. 629 (1953)
• Craig v. Boren · 429 U.S. 190 (1976)
• United States v. Munsingwear, Inc. · 340 U.S. 36 (1950)
• Eisenstadt v. Baird · 405 U.S. 438 (1972)
• County of Los Angeles v. Davis · 440 U.S. 625 (1979)
• Smith v. Goguen · 415 U.S. 566 (1974)
• Jackson v. Indiana · 406 U.S. 715 (1972)
• Schware v. Board of Bar Examiners of NM · 353 U.S. 232 (1957)
• United States v. Concentrated Phosphate Export Assn., Inc. · 393 U.S. 199 (1968)
• United States Department of Agriculture v. Moreno · 413 U.S. 528 (1973)
• United States v. Trans-Missouri Freight Assn. · 166 U.S. 290 (1897)
• Rinaldi v. Yeager · 384 U.S. 305 (1966)
• Zacchini v. Scripps-Howard Broadcasting Co. · 433 U.S. 562 (1977)
• Williams v. Kaiser · 323 U.S. 471 (1945)
• James v. Strange · 407 U.S. 128 (1972)
• New York Ex Rel. Bryant v. Zimmerman · 278 U.S. 63 (1928)
• Missouri Ex Rel. Southern Railway Co. v. Mayfield · 340 U.S. 1 (1950)

Cited by

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

• Northeastern Florida Chapter of the Associated General Contractors of America v. City of Jacksonville · 508 U.S. 656 (1993)
• Friends of the Earth, Inc. v. Laidlaw Environmental Services (TOC), Inc. · 528 U.S. 167 (2000)
• Knox v. Service Employees International Union, Local 1000 · 567 U.S. 298 (2012)
• Delaware v. Van Arsdall · 475 U.S. 673 (1986)
• Honig v. Doe · 484 U.S. 305 (1988)
• Pacific Mutual Life Insurance v. Haslip · 499 U.S. 1 (1991)
• Already, LLC v. Nike, Inc. · 568 U.S. 85 (2013)
• South Dakota v. Neville · 459 U.S. 553 (1983)
• Hunt v. Cromartie · 526 U.S. 541 (1999)
• Chicago Teachers Union, Local No. 1 v. Hudson · 475 U.S. 292 (1986)
• Iron Arrow Honor Society v. Heckler · 464 U.S. 67 (1983)
• Zobrest v. Catalina Foothills School District · 509 U.S. 1 (1993)
• Mills v. Rogers · 457 U.S. 291 (1982)
• Christian Legal Soc. Chapter of Univ. of Cal., Hastings College of Law v. Martinez · 561 U.S. 661 (2010)
• City News & Novelty, Inc. v. City of Waukesha · 531 U.S. 278 (2001)
• West Virginia v. EPA · 597 U.S. 697 (2022)
• Department of State v. Munoz · 602 U.S. 899 (2024)
• FBI v. Fikre · 601 U.S. 234 (2024)

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