Dan Glickman, Secretary of Agriculture v. Wileman Brothers & Elliott, Inc., et al.

Decided June 25, 1997. John Paul Stevens delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 95-1184 · 521 U.S. 457 (1997) · Cited 181 times

Holding

The requirement that respondents finance generic advertising does not violate the First Amendment.

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 5–4.

“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.

• Abood v. Detroit Board of Education · 431 U.S. 209 (1977)
• Lehnert v. Ferris Faculty Assn. · 500 U.S. 507 (1991)
• Virginia State Board of Pharmacy v. Virginia Citizens Consumer Council, Inc. · 425 U.S. 748 (1976)
• Zauderer v. Office of Disciplinary Counsel of the Supreme Court of Ohio · 471 U.S. 626 (1985)
• Keller v. State Bar of California · 496 U.S. 1 (1990)
• West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette · 319 U.S. 624 (1943)
• Riley v. National Federation of Blind of North Carolina, Inc. · 487 U.S. 781 (1988)
• Ellis v. Brotherhood of Railway, Airline & Steamship Clerks, Freight Handlers, Express & Station Employes · 466 U.S. 435 (1984)
• Hurley v. Irish-American Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual Group of Boston, Inc. · 515 U.S. 557 (1995)
• Central Hudson Gas & Electric Corp. v. Public Service Commission · 447 U.S. 557 (1980)
• Wooley v. Maynard · 430 U.S. 705 (1977)
• Board of Trustees of State Univ. of NY v. Fox · 492 U.S. 469 (1989)
• Edenfield v. Fane · 507 U.S. 761 (1993)
• International Ass'n of MacHinists v. Street · 367 U.S. 740 (1961)
• 44 Liquormart, Inc. v. Rhode Island · 517 U.S. 484 (1996)
• Rubin v. Coors Brewing Co. · 514 U.S. 476 (1995)
• Roberts v. United States Jaycees · 468 U.S. 609 (1984)
• Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. v. Federal Communications Commission · 512 U.S. 622 (1994)
• PruneYard Shopping Center v. Robins · 447 U.S. 74 (1980)
• Schad v. Borough of Mount Ephraim · 452 U.S. 61 (1981)
• Chicago Teachers Union, Local No. 1 v. Hudson · 475 U.S. 292 (1986)
• United States v. Rock Royal Co-Operative, Inc. · 307 U.S. 533 (1939)
• Pacific Gas & Electric Co. v. Public Utilities Commission · 475 U.S. 1 (1986)
• Buckley v. Valeo · 424 U.S. 1 (1976)
• United States v. O'Brien · 391 U.S. 367 (1968)
• Roth v. United States · 354 U.S. 476 (1957)
• Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District · 393 U.S. 503 (1969)
• Williamson v. Lee Optical of Oklahoma, Inc. · 348 U.S. 483 (1955)
• Clark v. Community for Creative Non-Violence · 468 U.S. 288 (1984)
• Texas v. Johnson · 491 U.S. 397 (1989)

Cited by

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

• United States v. United Foods, Inc. · 533 U.S. 405 (2001)
• Johanns v. Livestock Marketing Assn. · 544 U.S. 550 (2005)
• Department of Commerce v. New York · 588 U.S. 752 (2019)
• Barr v. American Assn. of Political Consultants, Inc. · 591 U.S. 610 (2020)
• Janus v. State, County, and Municipal Employees · 585 U.S. 878 (2018)
• Milavetz, Gallop & Milavetz, P. A. v. United States · 559 U.S. 229 (2010)
• Nixon v. Shrink Missouri Government PAC · 528 U.S. 377 (2000)

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Source: Supreme Court of the United States, slip opinions (1997). 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).