Loretto v. Teleprompter Manhattan Catv Corp. et al.

Decided June 30, 1982. Thurgood Marshall delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 81-244 · 458 U.S. 419 (1982) · Cited 1,570 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 6–3.

“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.

• Penn Central Transportation Co. v. New York City · 438 U.S. 104 (1978)
• United States v. Causby · 328 U.S. 256 (1946)
• PruneYard Shopping Center v. Robins · 447 U.S. 74 (1980)
• Kaiser Aetna v. United States · 444 U.S. 164 (1979)
• Andrus v. Allard · 444 U.S. 51 (1979)
• United States v. Central Eureka Mining Co. · 357 U.S. 155 (1958)
• St. Louis v. Western Union Telegraph Co. · 148 U.S. 92 (1893)
• Transportation Co. v. Chicago · 99 U.S. 635 (1879)
• Portsmouth Harbor Land & Hotel Co. v. United States · 260 U.S. 327 (1922)
• Queenside Hills Realty Co. v. Saxl · 328 U.S. 80 (1946)
• United States v. Kansas City Life Insurance · 339 U.S. 799 (1950)
• United States v. Pewee Coal Co. · 341 U.S. 114 (1951)
• Village of Euclid v. Ambler Realty Co. · 272 U.S. 365 (1926)
• Pennsylvania Coal Co. v. Mahon · 260 U.S. 393 (1922)
• Home Building & Loan Assn. v. Blaisdell · 290 U.S. 398 (1934)
• Munn v. Illinois · 94 U.S. 113 (1877)
• Agins v. City of Tiburon · 447 U.S. 255 (1980)
• Lochner v. New York · 198 U.S. 45 (1905)
• Heart of Atlanta Motel, Inc. v. United States · 379 U.S. 241 (1964)
• United States v. General Motors Corp. · 323 U.S. 373 (1945)
• Goldblatt v. Town of Hempstead · 369 U.S. 590 (1962)
• Hudgens v. National Labor Relations Board · 424 U.S. 507 (1976)
• Bowles v. Willingham · 321 U.S. 503 (1944)
• Webb's Fabulous Pharmacies, Inc. v. Beckwith · 449 U.S. 155 (1980)
• National Labor Relations Board v. Babcock & Wilcox Co. · 351 U.S. 105 (1956)
• United States v. Cress · 243 U.S. 316 (1917)
• Griggs v. Allegheny County · 369 U.S. 84 (1962)
• Central Hardware Co. v. National Labor Relations Board · 407 U.S. 539 (1972)
• Edgar A. Levy Leasing Co. v. Siegel · 258 U.S. 242 (1922)
• Sanguinetti v. United States · 264 U.S. 146 (1924)

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• Horne v. Department of Agriculture · 576 U.S. 351 (2015)
• Cedar Point Nursery v. Hassid · 594 U.S. 139 (2021)
• Federal Communications Commission v. Florida Power Corp. · 480 U.S. 245 (1987)
• Yee v. City of Escondido · 503 U.S. 519 (1992)
• Arkansas Game & Fish Commission v. United States · 568 U.S. 23 (2012)
• Lucas v. South Carolina Coastal Council · 505 U.S. 1003 (1992)
• Tahoe-Sierra Preservation Council, Inc. v. Tahoe Regional Planning Agency · 535 U.S. 302 (2002)
• Phillips v. Washington Legal Foundation · 524 U.S. 156 (1998)
• Nollan v. California Coastal Commission · 483 U.S. 825 (1987)
• Eastern Enterprises v. Apfel · 524 U.S. 498 (1998)
• Brown v. Legal Foundation of Washington · 538 U.S. 216 (2003)
• First English Evangelical Lutheran Church v. County of Los Angeles · 482 U.S. 304 (1987)
• Pennell v. City of San Jose · 485 U.S. 1 (1988)
• United States v. Sperry Corp. · 493 U.S. 52 (1989)
• Murr v. Wisconsin · 582 U.S. 383 (2017)
• Atlantic Richfield Co. v. Christian · 590 U.S. 1 (2020)
• Lingle v. Chevron U. S. A. Inc. · 544 U.S. 528 (2005)
• United States v. Craft · 535 U.S. 274 (2002)
• Sheetz v. El Dorado County · 601 U.S. 267 (2024)
• Dickerson v. United States · 530 U.S. 428 (2000)
• City of Lakewood v. Plain Dealer Publishing Co. · 486 U.S. 750 (1988)
• Keystone Bituminous Coal Assn. v. DeBenedictis · 480 U.S. 470 (1987)
• Dolan v. City of Tigard · 512 U.S. 374 (1994)
• Palazzolo v. Rhode Island · 533 U.S. 606 (2001)
• United States v. Security Industrial Bank · 459 U.S. 70 (1982)
• Connolly v. Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation · 475 U.S. 211 (1986)
• Hodel v. Irving · 481 U.S. 704 (1987)
• Alabama Assn. of Realtors v. Department of Health and Human Servs. · 594 U.S. 758 (2021)

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