Supreme Court of the United States / October Term 1991

Teofilo Medina, Jr. v. California

Decided June 22, 1992. Anthony McLeod Kennedy delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 90-8370 · 505 U.S. 437 (1992) · Cited 1,180 times

Holding

The ordinance is facially invalid under the First Amendment.

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How the Justices voted

Decided 7–2.

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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.

Mathews v. Eldridge · 424 U.S. 319 (1976)
Patterson v. New York · 432 U.S. 197 (1977)
Drope v. Missouri · 420 U.S. 162 (1975)
Pate v. Robinson · 383 U.S. 375 (1966)
Ake v. Oklahoma · 470 U.S. 68 (1985)
Morrison v. California · 291 U.S. 82 (1934)
United States v. Raddatz · 447 U.S. 667 (1980)
Riggins v. Nevada · 504 U.S. 127 (1992)
Lego v. Twomey · 404 U.S. 477 (1972)
Addington v. Texas · 441 U.S. 418 (1979)
Colorado v. Connelly · 479 U.S. 157 (1986)
United States v. Matlock · 415 U.S. 164 (1974)
Dusky v. United States · 362 U.S. 402 (1960)
Nix v. Williams · 467 U.S. 431 (1984)
Speiser v. Randall · 357 U.S. 513 (1958)
Leland v. Oregon · 343 U.S. 790 (1952)
Santosky v. Kramer · 455 U.S. 745 (1982)
Griffin v. Illinois · 351 U.S. 12 (1956)
Snyder v. Massachusetts · 291 U.S. 97 (1934)
Dowling v. United States · 493 U.S. 342 (1990)
Jackson v. Indiana · 406 U.S. 715 (1972)
Burns v. United States · 501 U.S. 129 (1991)
Martin v. Ohio · 480 U.S. 228 (1987)
Solesbee v. Balkcom · 339 U.S. 9 (1950)
Miranda v. Arizona · 384 U.S. 436 (1966)
Brady v. Maryland · 373 U.S. 83 (1963)
In Re WINSHIP · 397 U.S. 358 (1970)
Estelle v. McGuire · 502 U.S. 62 (1991)
Chambers v. Mississippi · 410 U.S. 284 (1973)
Gagnon v. Scarpelli · 411 U.S. 778 (1973)

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Cooper v. Oklahoma · 517 U.S. 348 (1996)
Kaley v. United States · 571 U.S. 320 (2014)
Godinez v. Moran · 509 U.S. 389 (1993)
District Attorney's Office for the Third Judicial District v. Osborne · 557 U.S. 52 (2009)
Herrera v. Collins · 506 U.S. 390 (1993)
Parke v. Raley · 506 U.S. 20 (1992)
United States v. James Daniel Good Real Property · 510 U.S. 43 (1993)
Montana v. Egelhoff · 518 U.S. 37 (1996)
Weiss v. United States · 510 U.S. 163 (1994)
Albright v. Oliver · 510 U.S. 266 (1994)
Smith v. Robbins · 528 U.S. 259 (2000)
Heller v. Doe Ex Rel. Doe · 509 U.S. 312 (1993)
Deck v. Missouri · 544 U.S. 622 (2005)
Dusenbery v. United States · 534 U.S. 161 (2002)
United States v. Rahimi · 602 U.S. 680 (2024)
Sattazahn v. Pennsylvania · 537 U.S. 101 (2003)
Ryan v. Valencia Gonzales · 568 U.S. 57 (2013)
Mallory v. Norfolk Southern R. Co · 600 U.S. 122 (2023)
Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. v. Arkansas Teacher Retirement System · 594 U.S. 113 (2021)

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