Erznoznik v. City of Jacksonville

Decided June 23, 1975. Lewis Franklin Powell Jr. delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 73-1942 · 422 U.S. 205 (1975) · Cited 1,124 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.

• Lehman v. City of Shaker Heights · 418 U.S. 298 (1974)
• Police Dept. of Chicago v. Mosley · 408 U.S. 92 (1972)
• Kovacs v. Cooper · 336 U.S. 77 (1949)
• Rowan v. United States Post Office Department · 397 U.S. 728 (1970)
• Roth v. United States · 354 U.S. 476 (1957)
• Miller v. California · 413 U.S. 15 (1973)
• Cohen v. California · 403 U.S. 15 (1971)
• Ginsberg v. New York · 390 U.S. 629 (1968)
• Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District · 393 U.S. 503 (1969)
• Cox v. Louisiana · 379 U.S. 536 (1965)
• Paris Adult Theatre I v. Slaton · 413 U.S. 49 (1973)
• Breard v. Alexandria · 341 U.S. 622 (1951)
• Grayned v. City of Rockford · 408 U.S. 104 (1972)
• Joseph Burstyn, Inc. v. Wilson · 343 U.S. 495 (1952)
• Spence v. Washington · 418 U.S. 405 (1974)
• Ginzburg v. United States · 383 U.S. 463 (1966)
• Public Utilities Commission v. Pollak · 343 U.S. 451 (1952)
• Redrup v. New York · 386 U.S. 767 (1967)
• Fowler v. Rhode Island · 345 U.S. 67 (1953)
• Packer Corp. v. Utah · 285 U.S. 105 (1932)
• Broadrick v. Oklahoma · 413 U.S. 601 (1973)
• United States v. O'Brien · 391 U.S. 367 (1968)
• Shapiro v. Thompson · 394 U.S. 618 (1969)
• Williamson v. Lee Optical of Oklahoma, Inc. · 348 U.S. 483 (1955)
• Chaplinsky v. New Hampshire · 315 U.S. 568 (1942)
• West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette · 319 U.S. 624 (1943)
• Dombrowski v. Pfister · 380 U.S. 479 (1965)
• Speiser v. Randall · 357 U.S. 513 (1958)
• Williams v. Rhodes · 393 U.S. 23 (1968)
• Gooding v. Wilson · 405 U.S. 518 (1972)

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• Young v. American Mini Theatres, Inc. · 427 U.S. 50 (1976)
• Hill v. Colorado · 530 U.S. 703 (2000)
• Federal Communications Commission v. Pacifica Foundation · 438 U.S. 726 (1978)
• Brown v. Entertainment Merchants Assn. · 564 U.S. 786 (2011)
• Pacific Gas & Electric Co. v. Public Utilities Commission · 475 U.S. 1 (1986)
• Massachusetts v. Oakes · 491 U.S. 576 (1989)
• Espinoza v. Montana Dept. of Revenue · 591 U.S. 464 (2020)
• Members of the City Council of Los Angeles v. Taxpayers for Vincent · 466 U.S. 789 (1984)
• City of Renton v. Playtime Theatres, Inc. · 475 U.S. 41 (1986)
• Metromedia, Inc. v. City of San Diego · 453 U.S. 490 (1981)
• Carey v. Brown · 447 U.S. 455 (1980)
• Regan v. Time, Inc. · 468 U.S. 641 (1984)
• Perry Education Ass'n v. Perry Local Educators' Ass'n · 460 U.S. 37 (1983)
• New York v. Ferber · 458 U.S. 747 (1982)
• Virginia State Board of Pharmacy v. Virginia Citizens Consumer Council, Inc. · 425 U.S. 748 (1976)
• Frisby v. Schultz · 487 U.S. 474 (1988)
• Reno v. American Civil Liberties Union · 521 U.S. 844 (1997)
• Secretary of State of Md. v. Joseph H. Munson Co. · 467 U.S. 947 (1984)
• Schad v. Borough of Mount Ephraim · 452 U.S. 61 (1981)
• Bolger v. Youngs Drug Products Corp. · 463 U.S. 60 (1983)
• Consolidated Edison Co. of New York v. Public Service Commission · 447 U.S. 530 (1980)
• Stenberg v. Carhart · 530 U.S. 914 (2000)
• Linmark Associates, Inc. v. Township of Willingboro · 431 U.S. 85 (1977)
• Ashcroft v. American Civil Liberties Union · 535 U.S. 564 (2002)
• United States v. Sineneng-Smith · 590 U.S. 371 (2020)
• Buckley v. Valeo · 424 U.S. 1 (1976)
• R. A. v. v. City of St. Paul · 505 U.S. 377 (1992)
• Roberts v. United States Jaycees · 468 U.S. 609 (1984)
• Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. v. Federal Communications Commission · 512 U.S. 622 (1994)
• First English Evangelical Lutheran Church v. County of Los Angeles · 482 U.S. 304 (1987)

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