Times Film Corp. v. City of Chicago et al.

Decided January 23, 1961. Tom C. Clark delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 34 · 365 U.S. 43 (1961) · Cited 255 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.

• Near v. Minnesota Ex Rel. Olson · 283 U.S. 697 (1931)
• Joseph Burstyn, Inc. v. Wilson · 343 U.S. 495 (1952)
• Kingsley Books, Inc. v. Brown · 354 U.S. 436 (1957)
• Cantwell v. Connecticut · 310 U.S. 296 (1940)
• Smith v. California · 361 U.S. 147 (1959)
• Grosjean v. American Press Co. · 297 U.S. 233 (1936)
• Kovacs v. Cooper · 336 U.S. 77 (1949)
• Kunz v. New York · 340 U.S. 290 (1951)
• Staub v. City of Baxley · 355 U.S. 313 (1958)
• Roth v. United States · 354 U.S. 476 (1957)
• Kingsley International Pictures Corp. v. Regents of the University · 360 U.S. 684 (1959)
• Superior Films, Inc. v. Department of Ed. of Ohio · 346 U.S. 587 (1954)
• Haguer v. Committee for Industrial Organization · 307 U.S. 496 (1939)
• Schneider v. State (Town of Irvington) · 308 U.S. 147 (1939)
• Chaplinsky v. New Hampshire · 315 U.S. 568 (1942)
• Shelton v. Tucker · 364 U.S. 479 (1960)
• Thomas v. Collins · 323 U.S. 516 (1945)
• Niemotko v. Maryland · 340 U.S. 268 (1951)
• Saia v. New York · 334 U.S. 558 (1948)
• Lovell v. City of Griffin · 303 U.S. 444 (1938)
• Winters v. New York · 333 U.S. 507 (1948)
• Gitlow v. New York · 268 U.S. 652 (1925)
• Hannegan v. Esquire, Inc. · 327 U.S. 146 (1946)
• Largent v. Texas · 318 U.S. 418 (1943)

Cited by

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

• Freedman v. Maryland · 380 U.S. 51 (1965)
• Southeastern Promotions, Ltd. v. Conrad · 420 U.S. 546 (1975)
• Bantam Books, Inc. v. Sullivan · 372 U.S. 58 (1963)
• Miller v. California · 413 U.S. 15 (1973)
• Interstate Circuit, Inc. v. City of Dallas · 390 U.S. 676 (1968)
• Brown v. Glines · 444 U.S. 348 (1980)
• Kaplan v. California · 413 U.S. 115 (1973)
• New York Times Co. v. Sullivan · 376 U.S. 254 (1964)
• Gertz v. Robert Welch, Inc. · 418 U.S. 323 (1974)
• First Nat. Bank of Boston v. Bellotti · 435 U.S. 765 (1978)
• Coates v. City of Cincinnati · 402 U.S. 611 (1971)
• Greer v. Spock · 424 U.S. 828 (1976)
• Time, Inc. v. Firestone · 424 U.S. 448 (1976)
• Konigsberg v. State Bar of Cal. · 366 U.S. 36 (1961)
• Heller v. New York · 413 U.S. 483 (1973)
• A Quantity of Copies of Books v. Kansas · 378 U.S. 205 (1964)
• Communist Party of United States v. Subversive Activities Control Bd. · 367 U.S. 1 (1961)
• Cohen v. Hurley · 366 U.S. 117 (1961)
• Fulton v. Philadelphia · 593 U.S. 522 (2021)

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