United States v. Robert J. Stevens

Decided April 20, 2010. John Glover Roberts Jr. delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 08-769 · 559 U.S. 460 (2010) · Cited 1,327 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 8–1.

“Concurring” means agreeing with the outcome; any split shown is the Court’s judgment, not each Justice’s reasoning. Source: the Supreme Court Database (Spaeth et al.), Washington University.

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 v. Ferber · 458 U.S. 747 (1982)
• United States v. Williams · 553 U.S. 285 (2008)
• Miller v. California · 413 U.S. 15 (1973)
• Simon & Schuster, Inc. v. Members of the New York State Crime Victims Board · 502 U.S. 105 (1991)
• Chaplinsky v. New Hampshire · 315 U.S. 568 (1942)
• Washington State Grange v. Washington State Republican Party · 552 U.S. 442 (2008)
• Reno v. American Civil Liberties Union · 521 U.S. 844 (1997)
• United States v. Salerno · 481 U.S. 739 (1987)
• Broadrick v. Oklahoma · 413 U.S. 601 (1973)
• Washington v. Glucksberg · 521 U.S. 702 (1997)
• R. A. v. v. City of St. Paul · 505 U.S. 377 (1992)
• Cohen v. California · 403 U.S. 15 (1971)
• Leocal v. Ashcroft · 543 U.S. 1 (2004)
• Board of Trustees of State Univ. of NY v. Fox · 492 U.S. 469 (1989)
• Ashcroft v. Free Speech Coalition · 535 U.S. 234 (2002)
• United States v. Playboy Entertainment Group, Inc. · 529 U.S. 803 (2000)
• Osborne v. Ohio · 495 U.S. 103 (1990)
• Giboney v. Empire Storage & Ice Co. · 336 U.S. 490 (1949)
• Los Angeles Police Department v. United Reporting Publishing Corp. · 528 U.S. 32 (1999)
• Roth v. United States · 354 U.S. 476 (1957)
• Virginia State Board of Pharmacy v. Virginia Citizens Consumer Council, Inc. · 425 U.S. 748 (1976)
• Members of the City Council of Los Angeles v. Taxpayers for Vincent · 466 U.S. 789 (1984)
• Roberts v. United States Jaycees · 468 U.S. 609 (1984)
• Whitman v. American Trucking Assns., Inc. · 531 U.S. 457 (2001)
• City of Houston v. Hill · 482 U.S. 451 (1987)
• Brandenburg v. Ohio · 395 U.S. 444 (1969)
• Federal Communications Commission v. Fox Television Stations, Inc. · 556 U.S. 502 (2009)
• United States v. Detroit Timber & Lumber Co. · 200 U.S. 321 (1906)
• Winters v. New York · 333 U.S. 507 (1948)
• Ohralik v. Ohio State Bar Assn. · 436 U.S. 447 (1978)

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• Counterman v. Colorado · 600 U.S. 66 (2023)
• United States v. Castleman · 572 U.S. 157 (2014)
• Americans for Prosperity Foundation v. Bonta · 594 U.S. 595 (2021)
• Iancu v. Brunetti · 588 U.S. 388 (2019)
• United States v. Alvarez · 567 U.S. 709 (2012)
• City of Austin v. Reagan National Advertising of Austin, LLC · 596 U.S. 61 (2022)
• Free Speech Coalition, Inc. v. Paxton · 606 U.S. 461 (2025)
• McCutcheon v. Federal Election Comm'n · 572 U.S. 185 (2014)
• McDonnell v. United States · 579 U.S. 550 (2016)
• Matal v. Tam · 582 U.S. 218 (2017)
• United States v. Sineneng-Smith · 590 U.S. 371 (2020)
• Oil States Energy Services, LLC v. Greene's Energy Group, LLC · 584 U.S. 325 (2018)
• New York State Rifle & Pistol Assn., Inc. v. Bruen · 597 U.S. 1 (2022)
• Federal Communications Commission v. Fox Television Stations, Inc. · 567 U.S. 239 (2012)
• Snyder v. Phelps · 562 U.S. 443 (2011)
• United States v. Rahimi · 602 U.S. 680 (2024)
• National Institute of Family and Life Advocates v. Becerra · 585 U.S. 755 (2018)
• Dubin v. United States · 599 U.S. 110 (2023)
• Moody v. NetChoice, LLC · 603 U.S. 707 (2024)
• Marinello v. United States · 584 U.S. 1 (2018)
• Trump v. United States · 603 U.S. 593 (2024)
• Williams v. Reed · 604 U.S. 168 (2025)
• McLaughlin Chiropractic Associates, Inc. v. McKesson Corp. · 606 U.S. 146 (2025)

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