Lloyd Corp., Ltd. v. Tanner et al.

Decided June 22, 1972. Lewis Franklin Powell Jr. delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 71-492 · 407 U.S. 551 (1972) · Cited 611 times

Holding

There has been no dedication of petitioner's privately owned and operated shopping center to public use so as to entitle respondents to exercise First Amendment rights therein that are unrelated to the center's operations; and petitioner's property did not lose its private character and its right to protection under the Fourteenth Amendment merely because the public is generally invited to use it for the purpose of doing business with petitioner's tenants.

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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.

• Marsh v. Alabama · 326 U.S. 501 (1946)
• Amalgamated Food Employees Union Local 590 v. Logan Valley Plaza, Inc. · 391 U.S. 308 (1968)
• Schneider v. State (Town of Irvington) · 308 U.S. 147 (1939)
• Adderley v. Florida · 385 U.S. 39 (1966)
• Haguer v. Committee for Industrial Organization · 307 U.S. 496 (1939)
• Lovell v. City of Griffin · 303 U.S. 444 (1938)
• Jamison v. Texas · 318 U.S. 413 (1943)

Cited by

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

• PruneYard Shopping Center v. Robins · 447 U.S. 74 (1980)
• Hudgens v. National Labor Relations Board · 424 U.S. 507 (1976)
• Manhattan Community Access Corp. v. Halleck · 587 U.S. 802 (2019)
• Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc. v. Democratic National Committee · 412 U.S. 94 (1973)
• Agency for Int'l Development v. Alliance for Open Society · 591 U.S. 430 (2020)

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Source: Supreme Court of the United States, slip opinions (1972). Citation count from the Free Law Project’s CourtListener bulk data. Data last verified 2026-07-03. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).