Village of Hoffman Estates et al. v. the Flipside, Hoffman Estates, Inc.

Decided March 2, 1982. Thurgood Marshall delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 80-1681 · 455 U.S. 489 (1982) · Cited 3,694 times

Holding

The ordinance is not facially overbroad or vague but is reasonably clear in its application to appellee.

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How the Justices voted

Decided 8–0.

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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.

• Grayned v. City of Rockford · 408 U.S. 104 (1972)
• Papachristou v. City of Jacksonville · 405 U.S. 156 (1972)
• Central Hudson Gas & Electric Corp. v. Public Service Commission · 447 U.S. 557 (1980)
• Smith v. Goguen · 415 U.S. 566 (1974)
• Lanzetta v. New Jersey · 306 U.S. 451 (1939)
• Coates v. City of Cincinnati · 402 U.S. 611 (1971)
• United States v. National Dairy Products Corp. · 372 U.S. 29 (1963)
• Joseph E. Seagram & Sons, Inc. v. Hostetter · 384 U.S. 35 (1966)
• Broadrick v. Oklahoma · 413 U.S. 601 (1973)
• McGowan v. Maryland · 366 U.S. 420 (1961)
• Steffel v. Thompson · 415 U.S. 452 (1974)
• Screws v. United States · 325 U.S. 91 (1945)
• Parker v. Levy · 417 U.S. 733 (1974)
• Speiser v. Randall · 357 U.S. 513 (1958)
• Young v. American Mini Theatres, Inc. · 427 U.S. 50 (1976)
• Winters v. New York · 333 U.S. 507 (1948)
• Baggett v. Bullitt · 377 U.S. 360 (1964)
• United States v. Mazurie · 419 U.S. 544 (1975)
• Ferguson v. Skrupa · 372 U.S. 726 (1963)
• Colautti v. Franklin · 439 U.S. 379 (1979)
• Exxon Corp. v. Governor of Maryland · 437 U.S. 117 (1978)
• Boyce Motor Lines, Inc. v. United States · 342 U.S. 337 (1952)
• Pittsburgh Press Co. v. Pittsburgh Commission on Human Relations · 413 U.S. 376 (1973)
• United States v. Powell · 423 U.S. 87 (1975)
• Barenblatt v. United States · 360 U.S. 109 (1959)

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• Johnson v. United States · 576 U.S. 591 (2015)
• Kolender v. Lawson · 461 U.S. 352 (1983)
• City of Chicago v. Morales · 527 U.S. 41 (1999)
• Posters 'N' Things, Ltd. v. United States · 511 U.S. 513 (1994)
• United States v. Williams · 553 U.S. 285 (2008)
• Washington State Grange v. Washington State Republican Party · 552 U.S. 442 (2008)
• Sessions v. Dimaya · 584 U.S. 148 (2018)
• Gonzales v. Carhart · 550 U.S. 124 (2007)
• Pacific Mutual Life Insurance v. Haslip · 499 U.S. 1 (1991)
• City of Lakewood v. Plain Dealer Publishing Co. · 486 U.S. 750 (1988)
• Virginia v. Black · 538 U.S. 343 (2003)
• Boos v. Barry · 485 U.S. 312 (1988)
• National Endowment for the Arts v. Finley · 524 U.S. 569 (1998)
• Barclays Bank PLC v. Franchise Tax Bd. of Cal. · 512 U.S. 298 (1994)
• Ward v. Rock Against Racism · 491 U.S. 781 (1989)
• R. A. v. v. City of St. Paul · 505 U.S. 377 (1992)
• City of Houston v. Hill · 482 U.S. 451 (1987)
• Board of Trustees of State Univ. of NY v. Fox · 492 U.S. 469 (1989)
• Zauderer v. Office of Disciplinary Counsel of the Supreme Court of Ohio · 471 U.S. 626 (1985)
• Brown v. Entertainment Merchants Assn. · 564 U.S. 786 (2011)
• San Francisco Arts & Athletics, Inc. v. United States Olympic Committee · 483 U.S. 522 (1987)
• Regan v. Time, Inc. · 468 U.S. 641 (1984)
• Evans v. United States · 504 U.S. 255 (1992)
• Denver Area Educational Telecommunications Consortium, Inc. v. Federal Communications Commission · 518 U.S. 727 (1996)
• Brown v. Hartlage · 456 U.S. 45 (1982)
• Beckles v. United States · 580 U.S. 256 (2017)

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