Minneapolis Star & Tribune Co. v. Minnesota Commissioner of Revenue

Decided March 29, 1983. Sandra Day O'Connor delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 81-1839 · 460 U.S. 575 (1983) · Cited 503 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 8–1.

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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.

• Grosjean v. American Press Co. · 297 U.S. 233 (1936)
• Breard v. Alexandria · 341 U.S. 622 (1951)
• Branzburg v. Hayes · 408 U.S. 665 (1972)
• Murdock v. Pennsylvania · 319 U.S. 105 (1943)
• Oklahoma Press Publishing Co. v. Walling · 327 U.S. 186 (1946)
• Martin v. City of Struthers · 319 U.S. 141 (1943)
• United States v. Lee · 455 U.S. 252 (1982)
• Police Department of Chicago v. Mosley · 408 U.S. 92 (1972)
• Madden v. Kentucky Ex Rel. Commissioner · 309 U.S. 83 (1940)
• Henneford v. Silas Mason Co. · 300 U.S. 577 (1937)
• Follett v. Town of McCormick · 321 U.S. 573 (1944)
• Mabee v. White Plains Publishing Co. · 327 U.S. 178 (1946)
• United States v. County of Fresno · 429 U.S. 452 (1977)
• United States v. O'Brien · 391 U.S. 367 (1968)
• National Ass'n for the Advancement of Colored People v. Button · 371 U.S. 415 (1963)
• National Ass'n for the Advancement of Colored People v. Alabama Ex Rel. Patterson · 357 U.S. 449 (1958)
• Near v. Minnesota Ex Rel. Olson · 283 U.S. 697 (1931)
• Allied Stores of Ohio, Inc. v. Bowers · 358 U.S. 522 (1959)
• Railway Express Agency, Inc. v. New York · 336 U.S. 106 (1949)
• Panhandle Oil Co. v. Mississippi Ex Rel. Knox · 277 U.S. 218 (1928)
• United States v. New Mexico · 455 U.S. 720 (1982)
• Halliburton Oil Well Cementing Co. v. Reily · 373 U.S. 64 (1963)
• Norfolk & Western Railway Co. v. Missouri State Tax Commission · 390 U.S. 317 (1968)
• Buckley v. Valeo · 424 U.S. 1 (1976)
• San Antonio Independent School District v. Rodriguez · 411 U.S. 1 (1973)
• Williamson v. Lee Optical of Oklahoma, Inc. · 348 U.S. 483 (1955)
• Massachusetts Board of Retirement v. Murgia · 427 U.S. 307 (1976)
• Schneider v. State (Town of Irvington) · 308 U.S. 147 (1939)
• Storer v. Brown · 415 U.S. 724 (1974)
• Lovell v. City of Griffin · 303 U.S. 444 (1938)

Cited by

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• Leathers v. Medlock · 499 U.S. 439 (1991)
• Arkansas Writers' Project, Inc. v. Ragland · 481 U.S. 221 (1987)
• Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. v. Federal Communications Commission · 512 U.S. 622 (1994)
• Simon & Schuster, Inc. v. Members of the New York State Crime Victims Board · 502 U.S. 105 (1991)
• Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission · 558 U.S. 310 (2010)
• City of Lakewood v. Plain Dealer Publishing Co. · 486 U.S. 750 (1988)
• United States v. National Treasury Employees Union · 513 U.S. 454 (1995)
• Department of Revenue of Kentucky v. Davis · 553 U.S. 328 (2008)
• Church of the Lukumi Babalu Aye, Inc. v. City of Hialeah · 508 U.S. 520 (1993)
• Florida Star v. B. J. F. · 491 U.S. 524 (1989)
• Arcara v. Cloud Books, Inc. · 478 U.S. 697 (1986)
• Cohen v. Cowles Media Co. · 501 U.S. 663 (1991)
• Jimmy Swaggart Ministries v. Board of Equalization of California · 493 U.S. 378 (1990)
• TikTok Inc. v. Garland · 604 U.S. 56 (2025)
• Seminole Tribe of Florida v. Florida · 517 U.S. 44 (1996)
• Employment Div., Dept. of Human Resources of Ore. v. Smith · 494 U.S. 872 (1990)
• R. A. v. v. City of St. Paul · 505 U.S. 377 (1992)
• Rust v. Sullivan · 500 U.S. 173 (1991)
• Dun & Bradstreet, Inc. v. Greenmoss Builders, Inc. · 472 U.S. 749 (1985)
• Madsen v. Women's Health Center, Inc. · 512 U.S. 753 (1994)
• McConnell v. Federal Election Commission · 540 U.S. 93 (2003)
• Alexander v. United States · 509 U.S. 544 (1993)
• Federal Communications Commission v. League of Women Voters of California · 468 U.S. 364 (1984)
• Meese v. Keene · 481 U.S. 465 (1987)
• Denver Area Educational Telecommunications Consortium, Inc. v. Federal Communications Commission · 518 U.S. 727 (1996)
• Los Angeles Police Department v. United Reporting Publishing Corp. · 528 U.S. 32 (1999)
• Fulton Corp. v. Faulkner · 516 U.S. 325 (1996)

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