Virginia v. Kevin Lamont Hicks

Decided June 16, 2003. Antonin Scalia delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 02-371 · 539 U.S. 113 (2003) · Cited 643 times

Holding

The RRHA’s trespass policy is not facially invalid under the First Amendment’s overbreadth doctrine.

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How the Justices voted

Decided 9–0.

“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.

• Broadrick v. Oklahoma · 413 U.S. 601 (1973)
• Asarco Inc. v. Kadish · 490 U.S. 605 (1989)
• Dombrowski v. Pfister · 380 U.S. 479 (1965)
• Warth v. Seldin · 422 U.S. 490 (1975)
• Valley Forge Christian College v. Americans United for Separation of Church and State, Inc. · 454 U.S. 464 (1982)
• National Ass'n for the Advancement of Colored People v. Button · 371 U.S. 415 (1963)
• New York v. Ferber · 458 U.S. 747 (1982)
• Members of the City Council of Los Angeles v. Taxpayers for Vincent · 466 U.S. 789 (1984)
• Virginia v. Black · 538 U.S. 343 (2003)
• Secretary of State of Md. v. Joseph H. Munson Co. · 467 U.S. 947 (1984)
• Village of Schaumburg v. Citizens for a Better Environment · 444 U.S. 620 (1980)
• New York State Club Assn., Inc. v. City of New York · 487 U.S. 1 (1988)
• Leavitt v. Jane L. · 518 U.S. 137 (1996)

Cited by

Later Supreme Court opinions in our collection that cite this case.

• Federal Election Commission v. Wisconsin Right to Life, Inc. · 551 U.S. 449 (2007)
• Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission · 558 U.S. 310 (2010)
• United States v. Williams · 553 U.S. 285 (2008)
• McConnell v. Federal Election Commission · 540 U.S. 93 (2003)
• Davenport v. Washington Education Ass'n · 551 U.S. 177 (2007)
• United States v. Stevens · 559 U.S. 460 (2010)
• Sessions v. Dimaya · 584 U.S. 148 (2018)
• United States v. Hansen · 599 U.S. 762 (2023)

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