Murthy v. Missouri

Decided June 26, 2024. Amy Coney Barrett delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 23-411 · 603 U.S. 43 (2024) · Cited 154 times

Holding

Respondents—two States and five individual social-media users who sued Executive Branch officials and agencies, alleging that the Government pressured the platforms to censor their speech in violation of the First Amendment—lack Article III standing to seek an injunction.

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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. 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.

• Department of Commerce v. New York · 588 U.S. 752 (2019)
• Clapper v. Amnesty International USA · 568 U.S. 398 (2013)
• Bantam Books, Inc. v. Sullivan · 372 U.S. 58 (1963)
• Lujan v. Defenders of Wildlife · 504 U.S. 555 (1992)
• O'Shea v. Littleton · 414 U.S. 488 (1974)
• TransUnion LLC v. Ramirez · 594 U.S. 413 (2021)
• FDA v. Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine · 602 U.S. 367 (2024)
• Winter v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. · 555 U.S. 7 (2008)
• Simon v. Eastern Kentucky Welfare Rights Organization · 426 U.S. 26 (1976)
• Raines v. Byrd · 521 U.S. 811 (1997)
• Massachusetts v. Environmental Protection Agency · 549 U.S. 497 (2007)
• Kleindienst v. Mandel · 408 U.S. 753 (1972)
• Haaland v. Brackeen · 599 U.S. 255 (2023)
• Friends of the Earth, Inc. v. Laidlaw Environmental Services (TOC), Inc. · 528 U.S. 167 (2000)
• City of Los Angeles v. Lyons · 461 U.S. 95 (1983)
• Twitter, Inc. v. Taamneh · 598 U.S. 471 (2023)
• Colorado River Water Conservation District v. United States · 424 U.S. 800 (1976)
• Elrod v. Burns · 427 U.S. 347 (1976)
• Bennett v. Spear · 520 U.S. 154 (1997)
• DaimlerChrysler Corp. v. Cuno · 547 U.S. 332 (2006)
• Virginia State Board of Pharmacy v. Virginia Citizens Consumer Council, Inc. · 425 U.S. 748 (1976)
• Summers v. Earth Island Institute · 555 U.S. 488 (2009)
• Blum v. Yaretsky · 457 U.S. 991 (1982)
• Duke Power Co. v. Carolina Environmental Study Group, Inc. · 438 U.S. 59 (1978)
• Rosenberger v. Rector & Visitors of University of Virginia · 515 U.S. 819 (1995)
• First Nat. Bank of Boston v. Bellotti · 435 U.S. 765 (1978)
• County of Riverside v. McLaughlin · 500 U.S. 44 (1991)
• Already, LLC v. Nike, Inc. · 568 U.S. 85 (2013)
• United States v. Detroit Timber & Lumber Co. · 200 U.S. 321 (1906)
• Rumsfeld v. Forum for Academic and Institutional Rights, Inc. · 547 U.S. 47 (2006)

Cited by

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

• Diamond Alternative Energy, LLC v. EPA · 606 U.S. 100 (2025)
• TikTok Inc. v. Garland · 604 U.S. 56 (2025)

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