Regan, Secretary of the Treasury, et al. v. Time, Inc.

Decided July 3, 1984. Byron Raymond White delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 82-729 · 468 U.S. 641 (1984) · Cited 510 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 5–4.

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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.

• Members of the City Council of Los Angeles v. Taxpayers for Vincent · 466 U.S. 789 (1984)
• New York v. Ferber · 458 U.S. 747 (1982)
• Kolender v. Lawson · 461 U.S. 352 (1983)
• Village of Schaumburg v. Citizens for a Better Environment · 444 U.S. 620 (1980)
• Broadrick v. Oklahoma · 413 U.S. 601 (1973)
• Heffron v. International Society for Krishna Consciousness, Inc. · 452 U.S. 640 (1981)
• Secretary of State of Md. v. Joseph H. Munson Co. · 467 U.S. 947 (1984)
• Buckley v. Valeo · 424 U.S. 1 (1976)
• United States v. O'Brien · 391 U.S. 367 (1968)
• Metromedia, Inc. v. City of San Diego · 453 U.S. 490 (1981)
• Erznoznik v. City of Jacksonville · 422 U.S. 205 (1975)
• Schad v. Borough of Mount Ephraim · 452 U.S. 61 (1981)
• National Ass'n for the Advancement of Colored People v. Button · 371 U.S. 415 (1963)
• Procunier v. Martinez · 416 U.S. 396 (1974)
• Virginia State Board of Pharmacy v. Virginia Citizens Consumer Council, Inc. · 425 U.S. 748 (1976)
• Thornhill v. Alabama · 310 U.S. 88 (1940)
• Stromberg v. California · 283 U.S. 359 (1931)
• United States v. Jackson · 390 U.S. 570 (1968)
• Lovell v. City of Griffin · 303 U.S. 444 (1938)
• Planned Parenthood of Central Missouri v. Danforth · 428 U.S. 52 (1976)
• United States v. Grace · 461 U.S. 171 (1983)
• Carey v. Brown · 447 U.S. 455 (1980)
• Colautti v. Franklin · 439 U.S. 379 (1979)
• Spence v. Washington · 418 U.S. 405 (1974)
• Welsh v. United States · 398 U.S. 333 (1970)
• Bigelow v. Virginia · 421 U.S. 809 (1975)
• Aptheker v. Secretary of State · 378 U.S. 500 (1964)
• Police Department of Chicago v. Mosley · 408 U.S. 92 (1972)
• Califano v. Westcott · 443 U.S. 76 (1979)
• El Paso & Northeastern Railway Co. v. Gutierrez · 215 U.S. 87 (1909)

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• United States v. Booker · 543 U.S. 220 (2005)
• Washington State Grange v. Washington State Republican Party · 552 U.S. 442 (2008)
• Barr v. American Assn. of Political Consultants, Inc. · 591 U.S. 610 (2020)
• Ward v. Rock Against Racism · 491 U.S. 781 (1989)
• Simon & Schuster, Inc. v. Members of the New York State Crime Victims Board · 502 U.S. 105 (1991)
• Alaska Airlines, Inc. v. Brock · 480 U.S. 678 (1987)
• Arkansas Writers' Project, Inc. v. Ragland · 481 U.S. 221 (1987)
• Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. v. Federal Communications Commission · 512 U.S. 622 (1994)
• Hill v. Colorado · 530 U.S. 703 (2000)
• Board of Trustees of State Univ. of NY v. Fox · 492 U.S. 469 (1989)
• Forsyth County v. Nationalist Movement · 505 U.S. 123 (1992)
• Madsen v. Women's Health Center, Inc. · 512 U.S. 753 (1994)
• Crawford v. Marion County Election Board · 553 U.S. 181 (2008)
• San Francisco Arts & Athletics, Inc. v. United States Olympic Committee · 483 U.S. 522 (1987)
• Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. v. Federal Communications Commission · 520 U.S. 180 (1997)
• Ayotte v. Planned Parenthood of Northern New Eng. · 546 U.S. 320 (2006)
• Los Angeles Police Department v. United Reporting Publishing Corp. · 528 U.S. 32 (1999)
• Minnesota v. Mille Lacs Band of Chippewa Indians · 526 U.S. 172 (1999)
• Lowe v. Securities & Exchange Commission · 472 U.S. 181 (1985)
• City of Austin v. Reagan National Advertising of Austin, LLC · 596 U.S. 61 (2022)
• Morse v. Republican Party of Virginia · 517 U.S. 186 (1996)

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