United States v. Albertini

Decided June 24, 1985. Sandra Day O'Connor delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 83-1624 · 472 U.S. 675 (1985) · Cited 731 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 6–3.

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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.

• Flower v. United States · 407 U.S. 197 (1972)
• Greer v. Spock · 424 U.S. 828 (1976)
• Clark v. Community for Creative Non-Violence · 468 U.S. 288 (1984)
• United States v. O'Brien · 391 U.S. 367 (1968)
• Cafeteria & Restaurant Workers Union, Local 473 v. McElroy · 367 U.S. 886 (1961)
• United States v. Grace · 461 U.S. 171 (1983)
• Garcia v. United States · 469 U.S. 70 (1984)
• Wilson v. Garcia · 471 U.S. 261 (1985)
• Perry Education Ass'n v. Perry Local Educators' Ass'n · 460 U.S. 37 (1983)
• United States v. Turkette · 452 U.S. 576 (1981)
• Heckler v. Chaney · 470 U.S. 821 (1985)
• Crowell v. Benson · 285 U.S. 22 (1932)
• Wayte v. United States · 470 U.S. 598 (1985)
• Shuttlesworth v. City of Birmingham · 394 U.S. 147 (1969)
• United States v. United States Gypsum Co. · 438 U.S. 422 (1978)
• Park 'N Fly, Inc. v. Dollar Park & Fly, Inc. · 469 U.S. 189 (1985)
• United States v. Locke · 471 U.S. 84 (1985)
• Rewis v. United States · 401 U.S. 808 (1971)
• United States Postal Service v. Council of Greenburgh Civic Associations · 453 U.S. 114 (1981)
• Heckler v. Mathews · 465 U.S. 728 (1984)
• United States v. Kirby · 74 U.S. 482 (1869)
• United States v. International Minerals & Chemical Corp. · 402 U.S. 558 (1971)
• United States v. Brown · 333 U.S. 18 (1948)

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• Ward v. Rock Against Racism · 491 U.S. 781 (1989)
• Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. v. Federal Communications Commission · 520 U.S. 180 (1997)
• Iancu v. Brunetti · 588 U.S. 388 (2019)
• TikTok Inc. v. Garland · 604 U.S. 56 (2025)
• Salinas v. United States · 522 U.S. 52 (1997)
• Rumsfeld v. Forum for Academic and Institutional Rights, Inc. · 547 U.S. 47 (2006)
• Arcara v. Cloud Books, Inc. · 478 U.S. 697 (1986)
• Federal Trade Commission v. Superior Court Trial Lawyers Ass'n · 493 U.S. 411 (1990)
• Sedima, S. P. R. L. v. Imrex Co. · 473 U.S. 479 (1985)
• 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)
• City of Erie v. Pap's A. M. · 529 U.S. 277 (2000)
• Corley v. United States · 556 U.S. 303 (2009)
• Barnes v. Glen Theatre, Inc. · 501 U.S. 560 (1991)
• United States v. Kokinda · 497 U.S. 720 (1990)
• United States v. Monsanto · 491 U.S. 600 (1989)
• Department of Housing and Urban Development v. Rucker · 535 U.S. 125 (2002)
• 303 Creative LLC v. Elenis · 600 U.S. 570 (2023)
• Free Speech Coalition, Inc. v. Paxton · 606 U.S. 461 (2025)

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