Rosenbloom v. Metromedia, Inc.

Decided June 7, 1971. William Joseph Brennan Jr. delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 66 · 403 U.S. 29 (1971) · Cited 896 times

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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.

• New York Times Co. v. Sullivan · 376 U.S. 254 (1964)
• Curtis Publishing Co. v. Butts · 388 U.S. 130 (1967)
• Time, Inc. v. Hill · 385 U.S. 374 (1967)
• Rosenblatt v. Baer · 383 U.S. 75 (1966)
• Time, Inc. v. Pape · 401 U.S. 279 (1971)
• Linn v. United Plant Guard Workers of America, Local 114 · 383 U.S. 53 (1966)
• Griswold v. Connecticut · 381 U.S. 479 (1965)
• St. Amant v. Thompson · 390 U.S. 727 (1968)
• Garrison v. Louisiana · 379 U.S. 64 (1964)
• Greenbelt Cooperative Publishing Assn., Inc. v. Bresler · 398 U.S. 6 (1970)
• Monitor Patriot Co. v. Roy · 401 U.S. 265 (1971)
• Speiser v. Randall · 357 U.S. 513 (1958)
• Beckley Newspapers Corp. v. Hanks · 389 U.S. 81 (1967)
• In Re WINSHIP · 397 U.S. 358 (1970)
• Pickering v. Board of Ed. of Township High School Dist. 205, Will Cty. · 391 U.S. 563 (1968)
• Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District · 393 U.S. 503 (1969)
• National Ass'n for the Advancement of Colored People v. Button · 371 U.S. 415 (1963)
• Thornhill v. Alabama · 310 U.S. 88 (1940)
• Blonder-Tongue Laboratories, Inc. v. University of Illinois Foundation · 402 U.S. 313 (1971)
• Red Lion Broadcasting Co. v. Federal Communications Commission · 395 U.S. 367 (1969)
• Brandenburg v. Ohio · 395 U.S. 444 (1969)
• Jacobellis v. Ohio · 378 U.S. 184 (1964)
• Blackburn v. Alabama · 361 U.S. 199 (1960)
• Whitney v. California · 274 U.S. 357 (1927)
• Edwards v. South Carolina · 372 U.S. 229 (1963)
• Martin v. City of Struthers · 319 U.S. 141 (1943)
• Bates v. City of Little Rock · 361 U.S. 516 (1960)
• Breard v. Alexandria · 341 U.S. 622 (1951)
• Pennekamp v. Florida · 328 U.S. 331 (1946)
• Valentine v. Chrestensen · 316 U.S. 52 (1942)

Cited by

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

• Gertz v. Robert Welch, Inc. · 418 U.S. 323 (1974)
• Time, Inc. v. Firestone · 424 U.S. 448 (1976)
• Dun & Bradstreet, Inc. v. Greenmoss Builders, Inc. · 472 U.S. 749 (1985)
• Philadelphia Newspapers, Inc. v. Hepps · 475 U.S. 767 (1986)
• Herbert v. Lando · 441 U.S. 153 (1979)
• Murel v. Baltimore City Criminal Court · 407 U.S. 355 (1972)
• Pacific Mutual Life Insurance v. Haslip · 499 U.S. 1 (1991)
• Harte-Hanks Communications, Inc. v. Connaughton · 491 U.S. 657 (1989)
• Counterman v. Colorado · 600 U.S. 66 (2023)
• Connick Ex Rel. Parish of Orleans v. Myers · 461 U.S. 138 (1983)
• Bose Corp. v. Consumers Union of United States, Inc. · 466 U.S. 485 (1984)
• Arnett v. Kennedy · 416 U.S. 134 (1974)
• Milkovich v. Lorain Journal Co. · 497 U.S. 1 (1990)
• Cox Broadcasting Corp. v. Cohn · 420 U.S. 469 (1975)
• Metromedia, Inc. v. City of San Diego · 453 U.S. 490 (1981)
• Browning-Ferris Industries of Vermont, Inc. v. Kelco Disposal, Inc. · 492 U.S. 257 (1989)
• Hutchinson v. Proxmire · 443 U.S. 111 (1979)
• Old Dominion Branch No. 496 v. Austin · 418 U.S. 264 (1974)
• Miami Herald Publishing Co. v. Tornillo · 418 U.S. 241 (1974)
• Florida Star v. B. J. F. · 491 U.S. 524 (1989)
• Wolston v. Reader's Digest Assn., Inc. · 443 U.S. 157 (1979)
• Zacchini v. Scripps-Howard Broadcasting Co. · 433 U.S. 562 (1977)

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