National Socialist Party of America et al. v. Village of Skokie
Decided June 14, 1977. The Court ruled per curiam — an unsigned opinion of the Court.
Docket 76-1786 · 432 U.S. 43 (1977) · Cited 174 times
We don’t yet publish a summary of this opinion — read the official text below for the Court’s holding and reasoning.
How the Justices voted
Decided 5–4.
Majority · 5
Dissenting · 4
- Byron Raymond White
- Potter Stewart
- Warren Earl Burger
- William Hubbs Rehnquist · filed a dissenting opinion
“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.
- Freedman v. Maryland · 380 U.S. 51 (1965)
- Cox Broadcasting Corp. v. Cohn · 420 U.S. 469 (1975)
- Cohen v. Beneficial Industrial Loan Corp. · 337 U.S. 541 (1949)
- Abney v. United States · 431 U.S. 651 (1977)
Cited by
Later Supreme Court opinions in our collection that cite this case.
- FW/PBS, Inc. v. City of Dallas · 493 U.S. 215 (1990)
- District of Columbia v. Heller · 554 U.S. 570 (2008)
- McCutcheon v. Federal Election Comm'n · 572 U.S. 185 (2014)
- Fort Wayne Books, Inc. v. Indiana · 489 U.S. 46 (1989)
- 303 Creative LLC v. Elenis · 600 U.S. 570 (2023)
- Pennzoil Co. v. Texaco Inc. · 481 U.S. 1 (1987)
- Virginia v. Black · 538 U.S. 343 (2003)
- Hurley v. Irish-American Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual Group of Boston, Inc. · 515 U.S. 557 (1995)
- City of Cincinnati v. Discovery Network, Inc. · 507 U.S. 410 (1993)
- Madsen v. Women's Health Center, Inc. · 512 U.S. 753 (1994)
- Brown v. Entertainment Merchants Assn. · 564 U.S. 786 (2011)
Official text
Read the official opinion (U.S. Reports, govinfo.gov)
Explore from here
All Supreme Court opinions · The Supreme Court
Source: the U.S. Reports via govinfo.gov; authoring Justice and vote lineup from the Supreme Court Database (Washington University). Citation count from the Free Law Project’s CourtListener bulk data. Data last verified 2026-07-03. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).