Florida Bar v. Went for It, Inc., and John T. Blakely

Decided June 21, 1995. Sandra Day O'Connor delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 94-226 · 515 U.S. 618 (1995) · Cited 525 times

Holding

In the circumstances presented here, the Bar Rules do not violate the First and Fourteenth Amendments.

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.

• Shapero v. Kentucky Bar Assn. · 486 U.S. 466 (1988)
• Edenfield v. Fane · 507 U.S. 761 (1993)
• Bolger v. Youngs Drug Products Corp. · 463 U.S. 60 (1983)
• Board of Trustees of State Univ. of NY v. Fox · 492 U.S. 469 (1989)
• Ohralik v. Ohio State Bar Assn. · 436 U.S. 447 (1978)
• Bates v. State Bar of Arizona · 433 U.S. 350 (1977)
• Central Hudson Gas & Electric Corp. v. Public Service Commission · 447 U.S. 557 (1980)
• 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)
• Rubin v. Coors Brewing Co. · 514 U.S. 476 (1995)
• Carey v. Population Services International · 431 U.S. 678 (1977)
• City of Cincinnati v. Discovery Network, Inc. · 507 U.S. 410 (1993)
• Consolidated Edison Co. of New York v. Public Service Commission · 447 U.S. 530 (1980)
• City of Renton v. Playtime Theatres, Inc. · 475 U.S. 41 (1986)
• Cohen v. California · 403 U.S. 15 (1971)
• Frisby v. Schultz · 487 U.S. 474 (1988)
• Goldfarb v. Virginia State Bar · 421 U.S. 773 (1975)
• Carey v. Brown · 447 U.S. 455 (1980)
• Barnes v. Glen Theatre, Inc. · 501 U.S. 560 (1991)
• Burson v. Freeman · 504 U.S. 191 (1992)
• Gentile v. State Bar of Nev. · 501 U.S. 1030 (1991)
• In re R. M. J. · 455 U.S. 191 (1982)
• Valentine v. Chrestensen · 316 U.S. 52 (1942)
• In Re Primus · 436 U.S. 412 (1978)
• Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen v. Virginia Ex Rel. Virginia State Bar · 377 U.S. 1 (1964)
• Blount v. Rizzi · 400 U.S. 410 (1971)
• Cohen v. Hurley · 366 U.S. 117 (1961)

Cited by

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

• 44 Liquormart, Inc. v. Rhode Island · 517 U.S. 484 (1996)
• Denver Area Educational Telecommunications Consortium, Inc. v. Federal Communications Commission · 518 U.S. 727 (1996)
• Lorillard Tobacco Co. v. Reilly · 533 U.S. 525 (2001)
• Glickman v. Wileman Brothers & Elliott, Inc. · 521 U.S. 457 (1997)

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