Texas Monthly, Inc. v. Bullock, Comptroller of Public Accounts of State of Texas, et al.

Decided February 21, 1989. William Joseph Brennan Jr. delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 87-1245 · 489 U.S. 1 (1989) · Cited 334 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.

• Walz v. Tax Comm'n of City of New York · 397 U.S. 664 (1970)
• Murdock v. Pennsylvania · 319 U.S. 105 (1943)
• Follett v. Town of McCormick · 321 U.S. 573 (1944)
• Lemon v. Kurtzman · 403 U.S. 602 (1971)
• Mueller v. Allen · 463 U.S. 388 (1983)
• Corporation of the Presiding Bishop of Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints v. Amos · 483 U.S. 327 (1987)
• Arkansas Writers' Project, Inc. v. Ragland · 481 U.S. 221 (1987)
• Wallace v. Jaffree · 472 U.S. 38 (1985)
• Zorach v. Clauson · 343 U.S. 306 (1952)
• Bob Jones University v. United States · 461 U.S. 574 (1983)
• United States v. Lee · 455 U.S. 252 (1982)
• Hobbie v. Unemployment Appeals Comm'n of Fla. · 480 U.S. 136 (1987)
• Gillette v. United States · 401 U.S. 437 (1971)
• Lynch v. Donnelly · 465 U.S. 668 (1984)
• Epperson v. Arkansas · 393 U.S. 97 (1968)
• Welsh v. United States · 398 U.S. 333 (1970)
• Torcaso v. Watkins · 367 U.S. 488 (1961)
• Everson v. Board of Ed. of Ewing · 330 U.S. 1 (1947)
• Thomas v. Review Board of the Indiana Employment Security Division · 450 U.S. 707 (1981)
• Widmar v. Vincent · 454 U.S. 263 (1981)
• Regan v. Taxation With Representation of Washington · 461 U.S. 540 (1983)
• Committee for Public Education & Religious Liberty v. Nyquist · 413 U.S. 756 (1973)
• Tony and Susan Alamo Foundation v. Secretary of Labor · 471 U.S. 290 (1985)
• School District of Grand Rapids v. Ball · 473 U.S. 373 (1985)
• Estate of Thornton v. Caldor, Inc. · 472 U.S. 703 (1985)
• Valley Forge Christian College v. Americans United for Separation of Church and State, Inc. · 454 U.S. 464 (1982)
• Wisconsin v. Yoder · 406 U.S. 205 (1972)
• Sherbert v. Verner · 374 U.S. 398 (1963)
• Serbian Eastern Orthodox Diocese for United States and Canada v. Milivojevich · 426 U.S. 696 (1976)
• Presbyterian Church in US v. Mary Elizabeth Blue Hull Memorial Presbyterian Church · 393 U.S. 440 (1969)

Cited by

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

• County of Allegheny v. American Civil Liberties Union · 492 U.S. 573 (1989)
• Lee v. Weisman · 505 U.S. 577 (1992)
• Board of Ed. of Kiryas Joel Village School Dist. v. Grumet · 512 U.S. 687 (1994)
• Jimmy Swaggart Ministries v. Board of Equalization of California · 493 U.S. 378 (1990)
• Rosenberger v. Rector & Visitors of University of Virginia · 515 U.S. 819 (1995)
• McKesson Corp. v. Division of Alcoholic Beverages and Tobacco, Fla. Dept. of Business Regulation · 496 U.S. 18 (1990)
• Van Orden v. Perry · 545 U.S. 677 (2005)
• American Legion v. American Humanist Assn. · 588 U.S. 29 (2019)

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