Rav v. City of St. Paul, Minnesota

Decided June 22, 1992. Antonin Scalia delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 90-7675 · 505 U.S. 377 (1992) · Cited 2,052 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.

• Burson v. Freeman · 504 U.S. 191 (1992)
• Chaplinsky v. New Hampshire · 315 U.S. 568 (1942)
• New York v. Ferber · 458 U.S. 747 (1982)
• Police Dept. of Chicago v. Mosley · 408 U.S. 92 (1972)
• Boos v. Barry · 485 U.S. 312 (1988)
• Texas v. Johnson · 491 U.S. 397 (1989)
• Simon & Schuster, Inc. v. Members of the New York State Crime Victims Board · 502 U.S. 105 (1991)
• Broadrick v. Oklahoma · 413 U.S. 601 (1973)
• United States v. O'Brien · 391 U.S. 367 (1968)
• Barnes v. Glen Theatre, Inc. · 501 U.S. 560 (1991)
• Federal Communications Commission v. Pacifica Foundation · 438 U.S. 726 (1978)
• Roth v. United States · 354 U.S. 476 (1957)
• Young v. American Mini Theatres, Inc. · 427 U.S. 50 (1976)
• Miller v. California · 413 U.S. 15 (1973)
• City of Renton v. Playtime Theatres, Inc. · 475 U.S. 41 (1986)
• Lehman v. City of Shaker Heights · 418 U.S. 298 (1974)
• United States Postal Service v. Council of Greenburgh Civic Associations · 453 U.S. 114 (1981)
• Beauharnais v. Illinois · 343 U.S. 250 (1952)
• New York Times Co. v. Sullivan · 376 U.S. 254 (1964)
• Virginia State Board of Pharmacy v. Virginia Citizens Consumer Council, Inc. · 425 U.S. 748 (1976)
• Bose Corp. v. Consumers Union of United States, Inc. · 466 U.S. 485 (1984)
• Morales v. Trans World Airlines, Inc. · 504 U.S. 374 (1992)
• Watts v. United States · 394 U.S. 705 (1969)
• Osborne v. Ohio · 495 U.S. 103 (1990)
• Consolidated Edison Co. of New York v. Public Service Commission · 447 U.S. 530 (1980)
• Sable Communications of California, Inc. v. Federal Communications Commission · 492 U.S. 115 (1989)
• Lewis v. City of New Orleans · 415 U.S. 130 (1974)
• Federal Communications Commission v. League of Women Voters of California · 468 U.S. 364 (1984)
• Arkansas Writers' Project, Inc. v. Ragland · 481 U.S. 221 (1987)
• Posadas De Puerto Rico Associates v. Tourism Co. of Puerto Rico · 478 U.S. 328 (1986)

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• Virginia v. Black · 538 U.S. 343 (2003)
• Reed v. Town of Gilbert · 576 U.S. 155 (2015)
• Iancu v. Brunetti · 588 U.S. 388 (2019)
• Davenport v. Washington Education Ass'n · 551 U.S. 177 (2007)
• Vidal v. Elster · 602 U.S. 286 (2024)
• Denver Area Educational Telecommunications Consortium, Inc. v. Federal Communications Commission · 518 U.S. 727 (1996)
• Elonis v. United States · 575 U.S. 723 (2015)
• National Endowment for the Arts v. Finley · 524 U.S. 569 (1998)
• Barr v. American Assn. of Political Consultants, Inc. · 591 U.S. 610 (2020)
• Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. v. Federal Communications Commission · 512 U.S. 622 (1994)
• Brown v. Entertainment Merchants Assn. · 564 U.S. 786 (2011)
• Wisconsin v. Mitchell · 508 U.S. 476 (1993)
• Walker v. Texas Div., Sons of Confederate Veterans, Inc. · 576 U.S. 200 (2015)
• Christian Legal Soc. Chapter of Univ. of Cal., Hastings College of Law v. Martinez · 561 U.S. 661 (2010)
• City of Austin v. Reagan National Advertising of Austin, LLC · 596 U.S. 61 (2022)
• Hill v. Colorado · 530 U.S. 703 (2000)
• United States v. Stevens · 559 U.S. 460 (2010)
• Knox v. Service Employees International Union, Local 1000 · 567 U.S. 298 (2012)
• Lorillard Tobacco Co. v. Reilly · 533 U.S. 525 (2001)
• Counterman v. Colorado · 600 U.S. 66 (2023)
• Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pa. v. Casey · 505 U.S. 833 (1992)
• Kansas v. Hendricks · 521 U.S. 346 (1997)
• Rosenberger v. Rector & Visitors of University of Virginia · 515 U.S. 819 (1995)
• United States v. Playboy Entertainment Group, Inc. · 529 U.S. 803 (2000)
• Rumsfeld v. Forum for Academic and Institutional Rights, Inc. · 547 U.S. 47 (2006)
• Bray v. Alexandria Women's Health Clinic · 506 U.S. 263 (1993)
• City of Cincinnati v. Discovery Network, Inc. · 507 U.S. 410 (1993)
• Montana v. Egelhoff · 518 U.S. 37 (1996)
• Madsen v. Women's Health Center, Inc. · 512 U.S. 753 (1994)
• 44 Liquormart, Inc. v. Rhode Island · 517 U.S. 484 (1996)

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