City of Newport et al. v. Fact Concerts, Inc., et al.

Decided June 26, 1981. Harry Andrew Blackmun delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 80-396 · 453 U.S. 247 (1981) · Cited 2,156 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 6–3.

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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.

• Monell v. New York City Dept. of Social Servs. · 436 U.S. 658 (1978)
• Owen v. City of Independence · 445 U.S. 622 (1980)
• Carlson v. Green · 446 U.S. 14 (1980)
• Imbler v. Pachtman · 424 U.S. 409 (1976)
• Wood v. Georgia · 450 U.S. 261 (1981)
• Pierson v. Ray · 386 U.S. 547 (1967)
• Carey v. Piphus · 435 U.S. 247 (1978)
• Scheuer v. Rhodes · 416 U.S. 232 (1974)
• Maine v. Thiboutot · 448 U.S. 1 (1980)
• Tenney v. Brandhove · 341 U.S. 367 (1951)
• Hormel v. Helvering · 312 U.S. 552 (1941)
• Robertson v. Wegmann · 436 U.S. 584 (1978)
• Wainwright v. Sykes · 433 U.S. 72 (1977)
• Monroe v. Pape · 365 U.S. 167 (1961)
• Gertz v. Robert Welch, Inc. · 418 U.S. 323 (1974)
• Washington v. Davis · 426 U.S. 229 (1976)
• Procunier v. Navarette · 434 U.S. 555 (1978)
• Davis v. United States · 411 U.S. 233 (1973)
• International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers v. Foust · 442 U.S. 42 (1979)
• Silber v. United States · 370 U.S. 717 (1962)
• Youakim v. Miller · 425 U.S. 231 (1976)

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• Vermont Agency of Natural Resources v. United States Ex Rel. Stevens · 529 U.S. 765 (2000)
• Smith v. Wade · 461 U.S. 30 (1983)
• Barnes v. Gorman · 536 U.S. 181 (2002)
• Pembaur v. City of Cincinnati · 475 U.S. 469 (1986)
• City of Oklahoma v. Tuttle · 471 U.S. 808 (1985)
• Cook County v. United States Ex Rel. Chandler · 538 U.S. 119 (2003)
• City of St. Louis v. Praprotnik · 485 U.S. 112 (1988)
• Board of the County Commissioners of Bryan County v. Brown · 520 U.S. 397 (1997)
• Philip Morris USA v. Williams · 549 U.S. 346 (2007)
• Briscoe v. LaHue · 460 U.S. 325 (1983)
• Brandon v. Holt · 469 U.S. 464 (1985)
• Memphis Community School District v. Stachura · 477 U.S. 299 (1986)
• Will v. Michigan Department of State Police · 491 U.S. 58 (1989)
• Kentucky v. Graham · 473 U.S. 159 (1985)
• Wilson v. Garcia · 471 U.S. 261 (1985)
• BMW of North America, Inc. v. Gore · 517 U.S. 559 (1996)
• Buckley v. Fitzsimmons · 509 U.S. 259 (1993)
• Jett v. Dallas Independent School District · 491 U.S. 701 (1989)
• Pacific Mutual Life Insurance v. Haslip · 499 U.S. 1 (1991)
• Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Waffle House, Inc. · 534 U.S. 279 (2002)
• Browning-Ferris Industries of Vermont, Inc. v. Kelco Disposal, Inc. · 492 U.S. 257 (1989)
• Dun & Bradstreet, Inc. v. Greenmoss Builders, Inc. · 472 U.S. 749 (1985)
• TXO Production Corp. v. Alliance Resources Corp. · 509 U.S. 443 (1993)
• Rehberg v. Paulk · 566 U.S. 356 (2012)
• United States v. Rodgers · 461 U.S. 677 (1983)
• Virginia Bankshares, Inc. v. Sandberg · 501 U.S. 1083 (1991)
• Richardson v. McKnight · 521 U.S. 399 (1997)

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