Community Communications Co., Inc. v. City of Boulder, Colorado, et al.

Decided January 13, 1982. William Joseph Brennan Jr. delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 80-1350 · 455 U.S. 40 (1982) · Cited 379 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 5–3.

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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.

• Parker v. Brown · 317 U.S. 341 (1943)
• City of Lafayette v. Louisiana Power & Light Co. · 435 U.S. 389 (1978)
• California Retail Liquor Dealers Assn. v. Midcal Aluminum, Inc. · 445 U.S. 97 (1980)
• Cantor v. Detroit Edison Co. · 428 U.S. 579 (1976)
• Exxon Corp. v. Governor of Maryland · 437 U.S. 117 (1978)
• New Motor Vehicle Bd. of Cal. v. Orrin W. Fox Co. · 439 U.S. 96 (1978)
• Bates v. State Bar of Arizona · 433 U.S. 350 (1977)
• National Society of Professional Engineers v. United States · 435 U.S. 679 (1978)
• Lochner v. New York · 198 U.S. 45 (1905)
• Schwegmann Bros. v. Calvert Distillers Corp. · 341 U.S. 384 (1951)
• Silver v. New York Stock Exchange · 373 U.S. 341 (1963)
• Continental T. v. Inc. v. GTE Sylvania Inc. · 433 U.S. 36 (1977)
• United States Railroad Retirement Board v. Fritz · 449 U.S. 166 (1980)
• Goldfarb v. Virginia State Bar · 421 U.S. 773 (1975)
• Ferguson v. Skrupa · 372 U.S. 726 (1963)
• United States v. Philadelphia National Bank · 374 U.S. 321 (1963)
• United States v. Topco Associates, Inc. · 405 U.S. 596 (1972)
• United States v. Kagama · 118 U.S. 375 (1886)
• Huron Portland Cement Co. v. City of Detroit · 362 U.S. 440 (1960)
• New State Ice Co. v. Liebmann · 285 U.S. 262 (1932)
• Ray v. Atlantic Richfield Co. · 435 U.S. 151 (1978)
• City of Burbank v. Lockheed Air Terminal, Inc. · 411 U.S. 624 (1973)
• United States v. Southwestern Cable Co. · 392 U.S. 157 (1968)
• Joseph E. Seagram & Sons, Inc. v. Hostetter · 384 U.S. 35 (1966)
• Lincoln Federal Labor Union v. Northwestern Iron & Metal Co. · 335 U.S. 525 (1949)

Cited by

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

• Hoover v. Ronwin · 466 U.S. 558 (1984)
• Fisher v. City of Berkeley · 475 U.S. 260 (1986)
• Town of Hallie v. City of Eau Claire · 471 U.S. 34 (1985)
• Southern Motor Carriers Rate Conference, Inc. v. United States · 471 U.S. 48 (1985)
• City of Columbia v. Omni Outdoor Advertising, Inc. · 499 U.S. 365 (1991)
• Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Wyoming · 460 U.S. 226 (1983)
• Garcia v. San Antonio Metropolitan Transit Authority · 469 U.S. 528 (1985)
• National Collegiate Athletic Ass'n v. Board of Regents of the University of Oklahoma · 468 U.S. 85 (1984)
• Union Labor Life Insurance v. Pireno · 458 U.S. 119 (1982)
• Washington v. Seattle School District No. 1 · 458 U.S. 457 (1982)

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