Expressions Hair Design v. Schneiderman

Decided March 29, 2017. John Glover Roberts Jr. delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 15-1391 · 581 U.S. 37 (2017) · Cited 79 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 8–0.

“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.

• 44 Liquormart, Inc. v. Rhode Island · 517 U.S. 484 (1996)
• Arizonans for Official English v. Arizona · 520 U.S. 43 (1997)
• Zauderer v. Office of Disciplinary Counsel of the Supreme Court of Ohio · 471 U.S. 626 (1985)
• Brockett v. Spokane Arcades, Inc. · 472 U.S. 491 (1985)
• Lehman Brothers v. Schein · 416 U.S. 386 (1974)
• Railroad Comm'n of Tex. v. Pullman Co. · 312 U.S. 496 (1941)
• Central Hudson Gas & Electric Corp. v. Public Service Commission · 447 U.S. 557 (1980)
• Sorrell v. IMS Health Inc. · 564 U.S. 552 (2011)
• Pembaur v. City of Cincinnati · 475 U.S. 469 (1986)
• United States v. O'Brien · 391 U.S. 367 (1968)
• Cort v. Ash · 422 U.S. 66 (1975)
• Virginia State Board of Pharmacy v. Virginia Citizens Consumer Council, Inc. · 425 U.S. 748 (1976)
• City of Houston v. Hill · 482 U.S. 451 (1987)
• Frisby v. Schultz · 487 U.S. 474 (1988)
• United States v. Carolene Products Co. · 304 U.S. 144 (1938)
• Boos v. Barry · 485 U.S. 312 (1988)
• Virginia v. American Booksellers Assn., Inc. · 484 U.S. 383 (1988)
• Rumsfeld v. Forum for Academic and Institutional Rights, Inc. · 547 U.S. 47 (2006)
• Giboney v. Empire Storage & Ice Co. · 336 U.S. 490 (1949)
• Holder v. Humanitarian Law Project · 561 U.S. 1 (2010)
• Bellotti v. Baird · 428 U.S. 132 (1976)
• Nautilus, Inc. v. Biosig Instruments, Inc. · 572 U.S. 898 (2014)
• United States v. Carolene Products Co. · 304 U.S. 144 (1938)

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