Members of the City Council of the City of Los Angeles et al. v. Taxpayers for Vincent et al.

Decided May 15, 1984. John Paul Stevens delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 82-975 · 466 U.S. 789 (1984) · Cited 2,188 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 6–3.

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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.

• Metromedia, Inc. v. City of San Diego · 453 U.S. 490 (1981)
• Schneider v. State (Town of Irvington) · 308 U.S. 147 (1939)
• Lovell v. City of Griffin · 303 U.S. 444 (1938)
• Stromberg v. California · 283 U.S. 359 (1931)
• Kovacs v. Cooper · 336 U.S. 77 (1949)
• Police Department of Chicago v. Mosley · 408 U.S. 92 (1972)
• Dombrowski v. Pfister · 380 U.S. 479 (1965)
• Broadrick v. Oklahoma · 413 U.S. 601 (1973)
• United States v. O'Brien · 391 U.S. 367 (1968)
• Perry Education Ass'n v. Perry Local Educators' Ass'n · 460 U.S. 37 (1983)
• Berman v. Parker · 348 U.S. 26 (1954)
• Erznoznik v. City of Jacksonville · 422 U.S. 205 (1975)
• United States v. Grace · 461 U.S. 171 (1983)
• Carey v. Brown · 447 U.S. 455 (1980)
• Schad v. Borough of Mount Ephraim · 452 U.S. 61 (1981)
• Martin v. City of Struthers · 319 U.S. 141 (1943)
• Lehman v. City of Shaker Heights · 418 U.S. 298 (1974)
• Grayned v. City of Rockford · 408 U.S. 104 (1972)
• Haguer v. Committee for Industrial Organization · 307 U.S. 496 (1939)
• Young v. American Mini Theatres, Inc. · 427 U.S. 50 (1976)
• Heffron v. International Society for Krishna Consciousness, Inc. · 452 U.S. 640 (1981)
• Bolger v. Youngs Drug Products Corp. · 463 U.S. 60 (1983)
• Consolidated Edison Co. of New York v. Public Service Commission · 447 U.S. 530 (1980)
• United Mine Workers v. Illinois State Bar Ass'n · 389 U.S. 217 (1967)
• United States Postal Service v. Council of Greenburgh Civic Associations · 453 U.S. 114 (1981)
• Linmark Associates, Inc. v. Township of Willingboro · 431 U.S. 85 (1977)
• New York Times Co. v. Sullivan · 376 U.S. 254 (1964)
• Buckley v. Valeo · 424 U.S. 1 (1976)
• Cantwell v. Connecticut · 310 U.S. 296 (1940)
• Penn Central Transportation Co. v. New York City · 438 U.S. 104 (1978)

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• Reed v. Town of Gilbert · 576 U.S. 155 (2015)
• Frisby v. Schultz · 487 U.S. 474 (1988)
• Clark v. Community for Creative Non-Violence · 468 U.S. 288 (1984)
• Regan v. Time, Inc. · 468 U.S. 641 (1984)
• City of Ladue v. Gilleo · 512 U.S. 43 (1994)
• City of Austin v. Reagan National Advertising of Austin, LLC · 596 U.S. 61 (2022)
• Ward v. Rock Against Racism · 491 U.S. 781 (1989)
• United States v. Williams · 553 U.S. 285 (2008)
• Hill v. Colorado · 530 U.S. 703 (2000)
• City of Lakewood v. Plain Dealer Publishing Co. · 486 U.S. 750 (1988)
• Secretary of State of Md. v. Joseph H. Munson Co. · 467 U.S. 947 (1984)
• New York State Club Assn., Inc. v. City of New York · 487 U.S. 1 (1988)
• Federal Election Commission v. Wisconsin Right to Life, Inc. · 551 U.S. 449 (2007)
• Capitol Square Review & Advisory Board v. Pinette · 515 U.S. 753 (1995)
• City of Los Angeles v. Preferred Communications, Inc. · 476 U.S. 488 (1986)
• FW/PBS, Inc. v. City of Dallas · 493 U.S. 215 (1990)
• Texas v. Johnson · 491 U.S. 397 (1989)
• Board of Trustees of State Univ. of NY v. Fox · 492 U.S. 469 (1989)
• Virginia v. Black · 538 U.S. 343 (2003)
• Forsyth County v. Nationalist Movement · 505 U.S. 123 (1992)
• Brockett v. Spokane Arcades, Inc. · 472 U.S. 491 (1985)
• United States v. Kokinda · 497 U.S. 720 (1990)
• Lorillard Tobacco Co. v. Reilly · 533 U.S. 525 (2001)
• Roberts v. United States Jaycees · 468 U.S. 609 (1984)
• Cornelius v. NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc. · 473 U.S. 788 (1985)
• Rosenberger v. Rector & Visitors of University of Virginia · 515 U.S. 819 (1995)
• City of Renton v. Playtime Theatres, Inc. · 475 U.S. 41 (1986)
• Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. v. Federal Communications Commission · 512 U.S. 622 (1994)
• City of Chicago v. Morales · 527 U.S. 41 (1999)
• United States v. Stevens · 559 U.S. 460 (2010)

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