Pruneyard Shopping Center et al. v. Robins et al.

Decided June 9, 1980. William Hubbs Rehnquist delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 79-289 · 447 U.S. 74 (1980) · Cited 1,093 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 9–0.

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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.

• Lloyd Corp. v. Tanner · 407 U.S. 551 (1972)
• Wooley v. Maynard · 430 U.S. 705 (1977)
• Miami Herald Publishing Co. v. Tornillo · 418 U.S. 241 (1974)
• Amalgamated Food Employees Union Local 590 v. Logan Valley Plaza, Inc. · 391 U.S. 308 (1968)
• West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette · 319 U.S. 624 (1943)
• Hudgens v. National Labor Relations Board · 424 U.S. 507 (1976)
• Abood v. Detroit Board of Education · 431 U.S. 209 (1977)
• Stanley v. Georgia · 394 U.S. 557 (1969)
• Ingraham v. Wright · 430 U.S. 651 (1977)
• Pennsylvania Coal Co. v. Mahon · 260 U.S. 393 (1922)
• Nebbia v. New York · 291 U.S. 502 (1934)
• Munn v. Illinois · 94 U.S. 113 (1877)
• Martinez v. California · 444 U.S. 277 (1980)
• Armstrong v. United States · 364 U.S. 40 (1960)
• Marsh v. Alabama · 326 U.S. 501 (1946)
• United States v. General Motors Corp. · 323 U.S. 373 (1945)
• New York Ex Rel. Bryant v. Zimmerman · 278 U.S. 63 (1928)
• Mathews v. Eldridge · 424 U.S. 319 (1976)
• New York Times Co. v. Sullivan · 376 U.S. 254 (1964)
• Meachum v. Fano · 427 U.S. 215 (1976)
• Penn Central Transportation Co. v. New York City · 438 U.S. 104 (1978)
• Village of Euclid v. Ambler Realty Co. · 272 U.S. 365 (1926)
• Duke Power Co. v. Carolina Environmental Study Group, Inc. · 438 U.S. 59 (1978)
• Shelley v. Kraemer · 334 U.S. 1 (1948)
• Crowell v. Benson · 285 U.S. 22 (1932)
• Vitek v. Jones · 445 U.S. 480 (1980)
• Cooper v. California · 386 U.S. 58 (1967)
• Young v. American Mini Theatres, Inc. · 427 U.S. 50 (1976)
• Lochner v. New York · 198 U.S. 45 (1905)
• Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad v. Chicago · 166 U.S. 226 (1897)

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• Pacific Gas & Electric Co. v. Public Utilities Commission · 475 U.S. 1 (1986)
• Cedar Point Nursery v. Hassid · 594 U.S. 139 (2021)
• Loretto v. Teleprompter Manhattan CATV Corp. · 458 U.S. 419 (1982)
• Horne v. Department of Agriculture · 576 U.S. 351 (2015)
• Dolan v. City of Tigard · 512 U.S. 374 (1994)
• Masterpiece Cakeshop, Ltd. v. Colorado Civil Rights Comm'n · 584 U.S. 617 (2018)
• Moody v. NetChoice, LLC · 603 U.S. 707 (2024)
• Agency for Int'l Development v. Alliance for Open Society · 591 U.S. 430 (2020)
• Nollan v. California Coastal Commission · 483 U.S. 825 (1987)
• Hurley v. Irish-American Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual Group of Boston, Inc. · 515 U.S. 557 (1995)
• United States v. Security Industrial Bank · 459 U.S. 70 (1982)
• Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System v. Southworth · 529 U.S. 217 (2000)
• Denver Area Educational Telecommunications Consortium, Inc. v. Federal Communications Commission · 518 U.S. 727 (1996)
• Williamson County Regional Planning Commission v. Hamilton Bank of Johnson City · 473 U.S. 172 (1985)
• Lucas v. South Carolina Coastal Council · 505 U.S. 1003 (1992)
• Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. v. Federal Communications Commission · 512 U.S. 622 (1994)
• Ruckelshaus v. Monsanto Co. · 467 U.S. 986 (1984)
• Yee v. City of Escondido · 503 U.S. 519 (1992)
• Rumsfeld v. Forum for Academic and Institutional Rights, Inc. · 547 U.S. 47 (2006)
• Connecticut v. Johnson · 460 U.S. 73 (1983)
• Glickman v. Wileman Brothers & Elliott, Inc. · 521 U.S. 457 (1997)
• Albright v. Oliver · 510 U.S. 266 (1994)
• Roberts v. United States Jaycees · 468 U.S. 609 (1984)
• Richmond Newspapers, Inc. v. Virginia · 448 U.S. 555 (1980)
• Keystone Bituminous Coal Assn. v. DeBenedictis · 480 U.S. 470 (1987)
• Eastern Enterprises v. Apfel · 524 U.S. 498 (1998)
• Connolly v. Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation · 475 U.S. 211 (1986)
• MacDonald, Sommer & Frates v. Yolo County · 477 U.S. 340 (1986)
• Richards v. Jefferson County · 517 U.S. 793 (1996)
• United States v. United Foods, Inc. · 533 U.S. 405 (2001)

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