Moody v. NetChoice, LLC

Decided July 1, 2024. Elena Kagan delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 22-277 · 603 U.S. 707 (2024) · Cited 103 times

Holding

The judgments are vacated, and the cases are remanded, because neither the Eleventh Circuit nor the Fifth Circuit conducted a proper analysis of the facial First Amendment challenges to the Florida and Texas laws regulating large internet platforms.

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How the Justices voted

Decided 9–0.

“Concurring” means agreeing with the outcome; any split shown is the Court’s judgment, not each Justice’s reasoning. The lineup is the syllabus’s disposition of who wrote and joined each opinion. Source: the opinion’s syllabus (supremecourt.gov).

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.

• Hurley v. Irish-American Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual Group of Boston, Inc. · 515 U.S. 557 (1995)
• United States v. Hansen · 599 U.S. 762 (2023)
• Miami Herald Publishing Co. v. Tornillo · 418 U.S. 241 (1974)
• Washington State Grange v. Washington State Republican Party · 552 U.S. 442 (2008)
• Pacific Gas & Electric Co. v. Public Utilities Commission · 475 U.S. 1 (1986)
• Zauderer v. Office of Disciplinary Counsel of the Supreme Court of Ohio · 471 U.S. 626 (1985)
• Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. v. Federal Communications Commission · 512 U.S. 622 (1994)
• Rumsfeld v. Forum for Academic and Institutional Rights, Inc. · 547 U.S. 47 (2006)
• Americans for Prosperity Foundation v. Bonta · 594 U.S. 595 (2021)
• United States v. Sineneng-Smith · 590 U.S. 371 (2020)
• United States v. Williams · 553 U.S. 285 (2008)
• Johnson v. United States · 576 U.S. 591 (2015)
• United States v. Salerno · 481 U.S. 739 (1987)
• PruneYard Shopping Center v. Robins · 447 U.S. 74 (1980)
• Steel Co. v. Citizens for a Better Environment · 523 U.S. 83 (1998)
• Broadrick v. Oklahoma · 413 U.S. 601 (1973)
• Thornhill v. Alabama · 310 U.S. 88 (1940)
• Massachusetts v. Mellon · 262 U.S. 447 (1923)
• Muskrat v. United States · 219 U.S. 346 (1911)
• Pittsburgh Press Co. v. Pittsburgh Commission on Human Relations · 413 U.S. 376 (1973)
• Sabri v. United States · 541 U.S. 600 (2004)
• FDA v. Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine · 602 U.S. 367 (2024)
• United States v. O'Brien · 391 U.S. 367 (1968)
• Ashwander v. Tennessee Valley Authority · 297 U.S. 288 (1936)
• Cutter v. Wilkinson · 544 U.S. 709 (2005)
• City of Chicago v. Morales · 527 U.S. 41 (1999)
• Reno v. American Civil Liberties Union · 521 U.S. 844 (1997)
• United States v. Raines · 362 U.S. 17 (1960)
• Sessions v. Dimaya · 584 U.S. 148 (2018)
• Brown v. Entertainment Merchants Assn. · 564 U.S. 786 (2011)

Cited by

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

• TikTok Inc. v. Garland · 604 U.S. 56 (2025)
• Rivers v. Guerrero · 605 U.S. 443 (2025)
• Williams v. Reed · 604 U.S. 168 (2025)

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