Village of Schaumburg v. Citizens for a Better Environment et al.

Decided February 20, 1980. Byron Raymond White delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 78-1335 · 444 U.S. 620 (1980) · Cited 909 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.

• Schneider v. State (Town of Irvington) · 308 U.S. 147 (1939)
• Cantwell v. Connecticut · 310 U.S. 296 (1940)
• Martin v. City of Struthers · 319 U.S. 141 (1943)
• Breard v. Alexandria · 341 U.S. 622 (1951)
• Hynes v. Mayor and Council of Oradell · 425 U.S. 610 (1976)
• Virginia State Board of Pharmacy v. Virginia Citizens Consumer Council, Inc. · 425 U.S. 748 (1976)
• Thomas v. Collins · 323 U.S. 516 (1945)
• Bates v. State Bar of Arizona · 433 U.S. 350 (1977)
• Valentine v. Chrestensen · 316 U.S. 52 (1942)
• Jamison v. Texas · 318 U.S. 413 (1943)
• Lovell v. City of Griffin · 303 U.S. 444 (1938)
• Largent v. Texas · 318 U.S. 418 (1943)
• New York Times Co. v. Sullivan · 376 U.S. 254 (1964)
• Grayned v. City of Rockford · 408 U.S. 104 (1972)
• Broadrick v. Oklahoma · 413 U.S. 601 (1973)
• National Ass'n for the Advancement of Colored People v. Button · 371 U.S. 415 (1963)
• Chaplinsky v. New Hampshire · 315 U.S. 568 (1942)
• Thornhill v. Alabama · 310 U.S. 88 (1940)
• First Nat. Bank of Boston v. Bellotti · 435 U.S. 765 (1978)
• Murdock v. Pennsylvania · 319 U.S. 105 (1943)
• Ohralik v. Ohio State Bar Assn. · 436 U.S. 447 (1978)
• Bigelow v. Virginia · 421 U.S. 809 (1975)
• Rowan v. United States Post Office Department · 397 U.S. 728 (1970)
• Lewyt Corp. v. Commissioner · 349 U.S. 237 (1955)
• Commissioner v. Sullivan · 356 U.S. 27 (1958)

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• Riley v. National Federation of Blind of North Carolina, Inc. · 487 U.S. 781 (1988)
• International Society for Krishna Consciousness, Inc. v. Lee · 505 U.S. 672 (1992)
• Heffron v. International Society for Krishna Consciousness, Inc. · 452 U.S. 640 (1981)
• Cornelius v. NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc. · 473 U.S. 788 (1985)
• Regan v. Time, Inc. · 468 U.S. 641 (1984)
• Schad v. Borough of Mount Ephraim · 452 U.S. 61 (1981)
• McConnell v. Federal Election Commission · 540 U.S. 93 (2003)
• Meyer v. Grant · 486 U.S. 414 (1988)
• San Francisco Arts & Athletics, Inc. v. United States Olympic Committee · 483 U.S. 522 (1987)
• Davenport v. Washington Education Ass'n · 551 U.S. 177 (2007)
• Roberts v. United States Jaycees · 468 U.S. 609 (1984)
• Metromedia, Inc. v. City of San Diego · 453 U.S. 490 (1981)
• Carey v. Brown · 447 U.S. 455 (1980)
• Larson v. Valente · 456 U.S. 228 (1982)
• United States v. Kokinda · 497 U.S. 720 (1990)
• Watchtower Bible & Tract Society of New York, Inc. v. Village of Stratton · 536 U.S. 150 (2002)
• Colorado Republican Federal Campaign Committee v. Federal Election Commission · 518 U.S. 604 (1996)
• Lowe v. Securities & Exchange Commission · 472 U.S. 181 (1985)
• United Steelworkers of America v. Sadlowski · 457 U.S. 102 (1982)
• Americans for Prosperity Foundation v. Bonta · 594 U.S. 595 (2021)
• New York v. Ferber · 458 U.S. 747 (1982)
• R. A. v. v. City of St. Paul · 505 U.S. 377 (1992)
• Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. v. Federal Communications Commission · 512 U.S. 622 (1994)
• United States v. Grace · 461 U.S. 171 (1983)
• Brockett v. Spokane Arcades, Inc. · 472 U.S. 491 (1985)
• Virginia v. Hicks · 539 U.S. 113 (2003)
• Sable Communications of California, Inc. v. Federal Communications Commission · 492 U.S. 115 (1989)
• Buckley v. American Constitutional Law Foundation, Inc. · 525 U.S. 182 (1999)

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