John K. Yee, et al. v. City of Escondido, California

Decided April 1, 1992. Sandra Day O'Connor delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 90-1947 · 503 U.S. 519 (1992) · Cited 953 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 9–0.

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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.

• Loretto v. Teleprompter Manhattan CATV Corp. · 458 U.S. 419 (1982)
• Federal Communications Commission v. Florida Power Corp. · 480 U.S. 245 (1987)
• Heart of Atlanta Motel, Inc. v. United States · 379 U.S. 241 (1964)
• Illinois v. Gates · 462 U.S. 213 (1983)
• Penn Central Transportation Co. v. New York City · 438 U.S. 104 (1978)
• Nollan v. California Coastal Commission · 483 U.S. 825 (1987)
• Agins v. City of Tiburon · 447 U.S. 255 (1980)
• PruneYard Shopping Center v. Robins · 447 U.S. 74 (1980)
• Keystone Bituminous Coal Assn. v. DeBenedictis · 480 U.S. 470 (1987)
• Kaiser Aetna v. United States · 444 U.S. 164 (1979)
• Pennell v. City of San Jose · 485 U.S. 1 (1988)
• Berkemer v. McCarty · 468 U.S. 420 (1984)
• Stone v. Powell · 428 U.S. 465 (1976)
• Carlson v. Green · 446 U.S. 14 (1980)
• Williamson County Regional Planning Commission v. Hamilton Bank of Johnson City · 473 U.S. 172 (1985)
• Pennsylvania Coal Co. v. Mahon · 260 U.S. 393 (1922)
• American Nat. Bank & Trust Co. of Chicago v. Haroco, Inc. · 473 U.S. 606 (1985)
• Lytle v. Household Manufacturing, Inc. · 494 U.S. 545 (1990)
• Bankers Life & Casualty Co. v. Crenshaw · 486 U.S. 71 (1988)
• Dewey v. Des Moines · 173 U.S. 193 (1899)

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• Mitchell v. Wisconsin · 588 U.S. 840 (2019)
• Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission · 558 U.S. 310 (2010)
• McWilliams v. Dunn · 582 U.S. 183 (2017)
• Unicolors, Inc. v. H&M Hennes & Mauritz, L. P. · 595 U.S. 178 (2022)
• Hemphill v. New York · 595 U.S. 140 (2022)
• San Remo Hotel, L. P. v. City & County of San Francisco · 545 U.S. 323 (2005)
• Stanley v. City of Sanford · 606 U.S. 46 (2025)
• Schriro v. Landrigan · 550 U.S. 465 (2007)
• Wood v. Allen · 558 U.S. 290 (2010)
• City of Monterey v. Del Monte Dunes at Monterey, Ltd. · 526 U.S. 687 (1999)
• Riggins v. Nevada · 504 U.S. 127 (1992)
• Caspari v. Bohlen · 510 U.S. 383 (1994)
• U.S. Airways, Inc. v. McCutchen · 569 U.S. 88 (2013)
• Clark v. Arizona · 548 U.S. 735 (2006)
• Matal v. Tam · 582 U.S. 218 (2017)
• Knox v. Service Employees International Union, Local 1000 · 567 U.S. 298 (2012)
• Missouri v. Jenkins · 515 U.S. 70 (1995)
• United States v. Parcel of Rumson, NJ, Land · 507 U.S. 111 (1993)
• Oklahoma Tax Commission v. Chickasaw Nation · 515 U.S. 450 (1995)
• Jefferson v. Upton · 560 U.S. 284 (2010)
• Seminole Tribe of Florida v. Florida · 517 U.S. 44 (1996)
• Austin v. United States · 509 U.S. 602 (1993)
• Eastman Kodak Co. v. Image Technical Services, Inc. · 504 U.S. 451 (1992)
• Gray v. Netherland · 518 U.S. 152 (1996)
• Parke v. Raley · 506 U.S. 20 (1992)
• Lingle v. Chevron U. S. A. Inc. · 544 U.S. 528 (2005)
• Salinas v. United States · 522 U.S. 52 (1997)

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