United States v. X-Citement Video, Inc., et al.

Decided November 29, 1994. William Hubbs Rehnquist delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 93-723 · 513 U.S. 64 (1994) · Cited 1,064 times

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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.

• Morissette v. United States · 342 U.S. 246 (1952)
• Staples v. United States · 511 U.S. 600 (1994)
• New York v. Ferber · 458 U.S. 747 (1982)
• Smith v. California · 361 U.S. 147 (1959)
• Liparota v. United States · 471 U.S. 419 (1985)
• Miller v. California · 413 U.S. 15 (1973)
• Hamling v. United States · 418 U.S. 87 (1974)
• Young v. American Mini Theatres, Inc. · 427 U.S. 50 (1976)
• United States v. United States Gypsum Co. · 438 U.S. 422 (1978)
• Edward J. DeBartolo Corp. v. Florida Gulf Coast Building & Construction Trades Council · 485 U.S. 568 (1988)
• United States v. Feola · 420 U.S. 671 (1975)
• Pierce v. Underwood · 487 U.S. 552 (1988)
• United States v. Turkette · 452 U.S. 576 (1981)
• FW/PBS, Inc. v. City of Dallas · 493 U.S. 215 (1990)
• Yates v. United States · 354 U.S. 298 (1957)
• Public Citizen v. United States Department of Justice · 491 U.S. 440 (1989)
• Commodity Futures Trading Commission v. Schor · 478 U.S. 833 (1986)
• Osborne v. Ohio · 495 U.S. 103 (1990)
• Federal Communications Commission v. Pacifica Foundation · 438 U.S. 726 (1978)
• Aptheker v. Secretary of State · 378 U.S. 500 (1964)
• Green v. Bock Laundry MacHine Co. · 490 U.S. 504 (1989)
• Alexander v. United States · 509 U.S. 544 (1993)
• Sable Communications of California, Inc. v. Federal Communications Commission · 492 U.S. 115 (1989)
• Hooper v. California · 155 U.S. 648 (1895)
• United States v. Southwestern Cable Co. · 392 U.S. 157 (1968)
• Dayton Board of Education v. Brinkman · 433 U.S. 406 (1977)
• United States v. Clark · 445 U.S. 23 (1980)

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• Rehaif v. United States · 588 U.S. 225 (2019)
• Elonis v. United States · 575 U.S. 723 (2015)
• Xiulu Ruan v. United States · 597 U.S. 450 (2022)
• Flores-Figueroa v. United States · 556 U.S. 646 (2009)
• Ashcroft v. Free Speech Coalition · 535 U.S. 234 (2002)
• Carter v. United States · 530 U.S. 255 (2000)
• Brogan v. United States · 522 U.S. 398 (1998)
• Luna Torres v. Lynch · 578 U.S. 452 (2016)
• United States v. Wells · 519 U.S. 482 (1997)
• United States v. Booker · 543 U.S. 220 (2005)
• Zadvydas v. Davis · 533 U.S. 678 (2001)
• Jones v. United States · 526 U.S. 227 (1999)
• Barnhart v. Sigmon Coal Co. · 534 U.S. 438 (2002)
• Gutierrez De Martinez v. Lamagno · 515 U.S. 417 (1995)
• National Endowment for the Arts v. Finley · 524 U.S. 569 (1998)
• Holloway v. United States · 526 U.S. 1 (1999)
• United States v. Aguilar · 515 U.S. 593 (1995)
• Arthur Andersen LLP v. United States · 544 U.S. 696 (2005)
• Dean v. United States · 556 U.S. 568 (2009)
• Eldred v. Ashcroft · 537 U.S. 186 (2003)

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