Heffron, Secretary and Manager of the Minnesota State Agricultural Society Board of Managers, et al. v. International Society for Krishna Consciousness, Inc., et al.

Decided June 22, 1981. Byron Raymond White delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 80-795 · 452 U.S. 640 (1981) · Cited 1,260 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 5–4.

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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.

• Grayned v. City of Rockford · 408 U.S. 104 (1972)
• Village of Schaumburg v. Citizens for a Better Environment · 444 U.S. 620 (1980)
• Cox v. New Hampshire · 312 U.S. 569 (1941)
• Virginia State Board of Pharmacy v. Virginia Citizens Consumer Council, Inc. · 425 U.S. 748 (1976)
• Schneider v. State (Town of Irvington) · 308 U.S. 147 (1939)
• Adderley v. Florida · 385 U.S. 39 (1966)
• Cantwell v. Connecticut · 310 U.S. 296 (1940)
• Kovacs v. Cooper · 336 U.S. 77 (1949)
• Cox v. Louisiana · 379 U.S. 536 (1965)
• Lovell v. City of Griffin · 303 U.S. 444 (1938)
• Murdock v. Pennsylvania · 319 U.S. 105 (1943)
• Martin v. City of Struthers · 319 U.S. 141 (1943)
• Wisconsin v. Yoder · 406 U.S. 205 (1972)
• Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District · 393 U.S. 503 (1969)
• National Ass'n for the Advancement of Colored People v. Button · 371 U.S. 415 (1963)
• Sherbert v. Verner · 374 U.S. 398 (1963)
• Haguer v. Committee for Industrial Organization · 307 U.S. 496 (1939)
• Shuttlesworth v. City of Birmingham · 394 U.S. 147 (1969)
• Consolidated Edison Co. of New York v. Public Service Commission · 447 U.S. 530 (1980)
• Lehman v. City of Shaker Heights · 418 U.S. 298 (1974)
• Police Department of Chicago v. Mosley · 408 U.S. 92 (1972)
• Kunz v. New York · 340 U.S. 290 (1951)
• Staub v. City of Baxley · 355 U.S. 313 (1958)
• Linmark Associates, Inc. v. Township of Willingboro · 431 U.S. 85 (1977)
• Poulos v. New Hampshire · 345 U.S. 395 (1953)
• Jamison v. Texas · 318 U.S. 413 (1943)
• Papish v. Board of Curators of the University of Missouri · 410 U.S. 667 (1973)
• Largent v. Texas · 318 U.S. 418 (1943)

Cited by

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

• International Society for Krishna Consciousness, Inc. v. Lee · 505 U.S. 672 (1992)
• United States v. Kokinda · 497 U.S. 720 (1990)
• Hill v. Colorado · 530 U.S. 703 (2000)
• City of Austin v. Reagan National Advertising of Austin, LLC · 596 U.S. 61 (2022)
• Widmar v. Vincent · 454 U.S. 263 (1981)
• Metromedia, Inc. v. City of San Diego · 453 U.S. 490 (1981)
• City of Renton v. Playtime Theatres, Inc. · 475 U.S. 41 (1986)
• Regan v. Time, Inc. · 468 U.S. 641 (1984)
• Cornelius v. NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc. · 473 U.S. 788 (1985)
• Clark v. Community for Creative Non-Violence · 468 U.S. 288 (1984)
• Minnesota Voters Alliance v. Mansky · 585 U.S. 1 (2018)
• Ward v. Rock Against Racism · 491 U.S. 781 (1989)
• Members of the City Council of Los Angeles v. Taxpayers for Vincent · 466 U.S. 789 (1984)
• Burson v. Freeman · 504 U.S. 191 (1992)
• Capitol Square Review & Advisory Board v. Pinette · 515 U.S. 753 (1995)
• FW/PBS, Inc. v. City of Dallas · 493 U.S. 215 (1990)
• Roberts v. United States Jaycees · 468 U.S. 609 (1984)
• Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. v. Federal Communications Commission · 512 U.S. 622 (1994)
• City of Lakewood v. Plain Dealer Publishing Co. · 486 U.S. 750 (1988)
• United States v. Grace · 461 U.S. 171 (1983)
• Forsyth County v. Nationalist Movement · 505 U.S. 123 (1992)
• University of Pennsylvania v. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission · 493 U.S. 182 (1990)
• Good News Club v. Milford Central School · 533 U.S. 98 (2001)
• Pacific Gas & Electric Co. v. Public Utilities Commission · 475 U.S. 1 (1986)
• Federal Trade Commission v. Superior Court Trial Lawyers Ass'n · 493 U.S. 411 (1990)

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