Young, Mayor of Detroit, et al. v. American Mini Theatres, Inc., et al.

Decided June 24, 1976. John Paul Stevens delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 75-312 · 427 U.S. 50 (1976) · Cited 1,457 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 5–4.

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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.

• Erznoznik v. City of Jacksonville · 422 U.S. 205 (1975)
• United States v. O'Brien · 391 U.S. 367 (1968)
• Terminiello v. Chicago · 337 U.S. 1 (1949)
• Interstate Circuit, Inc. v. City of Dallas · 390 U.S. 676 (1968)
• New York Times Co. v. Sullivan · 376 U.S. 254 (1964)
• Cohen v. California · 403 U.S. 15 (1971)
• Village of Euclid v. Ambler Realty Co. · 272 U.S. 365 (1926)
• Police Dept. of Chicago v. Mosley · 408 U.S. 92 (1972)
• Cox v. Louisiana · 379 U.S. 536 (1965)
• Southeastern Promotions, Ltd. v. Conrad · 420 U.S. 546 (1975)
• Hynes v. Mayor and Council of Oradell · 425 U.S. 610 (1976)
• Gertz v. Robert Welch, Inc. · 418 U.S. 323 (1974)
• National Ass'n for the Advancement of Colored People v. Button · 371 U.S. 415 (1963)
• Procunier v. Martinez · 416 U.S. 396 (1974)
• Police Department of Chicago v. Mosley · 408 U.S. 92 (1972)
• Grayned v. City of Rockford · 408 U.S. 104 (1972)
• Broadrick v. Oklahoma · 413 U.S. 601 (1973)
• Chaplinsky v. New Hampshire · 315 U.S. 568 (1942)
• Virginia State Board of Pharmacy v. Virginia Citizens Consumer Council, Inc. · 425 U.S. 748 (1976)
• Haguer v. Committee for Industrial Organization · 307 U.S. 496 (1939)
• Schneider v. State (Town of Irvington) · 308 U.S. 147 (1939)
• Brandenburg v. Ohio · 395 U.S. 444 (1969)
• Lovell v. City of Griffin · 303 U.S. 444 (1938)
• Shuttlesworth v. City of Birmingham · 394 U.S. 147 (1969)
• Paris Adult Theatre I v. Slaton · 413 U.S. 49 (1973)
• Ginsberg v. New York · 390 U.S. 629 (1968)
• Bantam Books, Inc. v. Sullivan · 372 U.S. 58 (1963)
• Berman v. Parker · 348 U.S. 26 (1954)
• Spence v. Washington · 418 U.S. 405 (1974)
• Lehman v. City of Shaker Heights · 418 U.S. 298 (1974)

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• City of Renton v. Playtime Theatres, Inc. · 475 U.S. 41 (1986)
• City of Erie v. Pap's A. M. · 529 U.S. 277 (2000)
• Schad v. Borough of Mount Ephraim · 452 U.S. 61 (1981)
• Federal Communications Commission v. Pacifica Foundation · 438 U.S. 726 (1978)
• City of Los Angeles v. Alameda Books, Inc. · 535 U.S. 425 (2002)
• R. A. v. v. City of St. Paul · 505 U.S. 377 (1992)
• FW/PBS, Inc. v. City of Dallas · 493 U.S. 215 (1990)
• Metromedia, Inc. v. City of San Diego · 453 U.S. 490 (1981)
• Carey v. Brown · 447 U.S. 455 (1980)
• Consolidated Edison Co. of New York v. Public Service Commission · 447 U.S. 530 (1980)
• Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission · 558 U.S. 310 (2010)
• Federal Communications Commission v. League of Women Voters of California · 468 U.S. 364 (1984)
• Penn Central Transportation Co. v. New York City · 438 U.S. 104 (1978)
• 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)
• Texas v. Johnson · 491 U.S. 397 (1989)
• Globe Newspaper Co. v. Superior Court, County of Norfolk · 457 U.S. 596 (1982)
• City of Lakewood v. Plain Dealer Publishing Co. · 486 U.S. 750 (1988)
• Carey v. Population Services International · 431 U.S. 678 (1977)
• Abood v. Detroit Board of Education · 431 U.S. 209 (1977)
• United States v. X-Citement Video, Inc. · 513 U.S. 64 (1994)
• United States v. Playboy Entertainment Group, Inc. · 529 U.S. 803 (2000)
• Barnes v. Glen Theatre, Inc. · 501 U.S. 560 (1991)
• United States Postal Service v. Council of Greenburgh Civic Associations · 453 U.S. 114 (1981)
• Smith v. United States · 431 U.S. 291 (1977)
• Fort Wayne Books, Inc. v. Indiana · 489 U.S. 46 (1989)
• Hoffman Estates v. Flipside, Hoffman Estates, Inc. · 455 U.S. 489 (1982)
• Central Hudson Gas & Electric Corp. v. Public Service Commission · 447 U.S. 557 (1980)
• Moore v. City of East Cleveland · 431 U.S. 494 (1977)
• Press-Enterprise Co. v. Superior Court of Cal., Riverside Cty. · 464 U.S. 501 (1984)

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