This is a list of cases that appeared before the
Supreme Court of the United States
The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) is the highest court in the federal judiciary of the United States. It has ultimate appellate jurisdiction over all U.S. federal court cases, and over state court cases that involve a point ...
involving the
First Amendment to the United States Constitution
The First Amendment (Amendment I) to the United States Constitution prevents the government from making laws that regulate an establishment of religion, or that prohibit the free exercise of religion, or abridge the freedom of speech, the f ...
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The establishment of religion
Blue laws
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McGowan v. Maryland
''McGowan v. Maryland'', 366 U.S. 420 (1961), was a United States Supreme Court case that upheld Sunday closing laws, in which the court held that laws with religious origins are not unconstitutional if they have a secular purpose..
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Braunfeld v. Brown'' (1961)
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Gallagher v. Crown Kosher Super Market of Mass., Inc.'' (1961)
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Thornton v. Caldor'' (1985)
Government aid to church-related schools
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Cochran v. Louisiana State Board of Education'',
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Everson v. Board of Education
''Everson v. Board of Education'', 330 U.S. 1 (1947), was a landmark decision of the United States Supreme Court that applied the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment to state law. Prior to this decision, the clause, which states, "Congress ...
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Board of Ed. of Central School Dist. No. 1 v. Allen'',
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Lemon v. Kurtzman
''Lemon v. Kurtzman'', 403 U.S. 602 (1971), was a case argued before the Supreme Court of the United States.. The court ruled in an 8–0 decision that Pennsylvania's Nonpublic Elementary and Secondary Education Act (represented through David Kurtz ...
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Tilton v. Richardson'',
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Lemon v. Kurtzman II
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Levitt v. Committee for Public Education and Religious Liberty'',
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Hunt v. McNair
Hunting is the human practice of seeking, pursuing, capturing, or killing wildlife or feral animals. The most common reasons for humans to hunt are to harvest food (i.e. meat) and useful animal products (fur/ hide, bone/ tusks, horn/antler, ...
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Committee for Public Education and Religious Liberty v. Nyquist'',
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Sloan v. Lemon'',
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Wheeler v. Barrera'',
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Public Funds for Public Schools v. Marburger
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Meek v. Pittenger'',
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Roemer v. Board of Public Works of Maryland'',
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Wolman v. Walter'',
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New York v. Cathedral Academy'',
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Committee for Public Education and Religious Liberty v. Regan'',
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Mueller v. Allen
''Mueller v. Allen'', 463 U.S. 388 (1983), was a United States Supreme Court case examining the constitutionality of a state tax deduction granted to taxpaying parents for school-related expenses, including expenses incurred from private secular a ...
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School Dist. of Grand Rapids v. Ball
A school is an educational institution designed to provide learning spaces and learning environments for the teaching of students under the direction of teachers. Most countries have systems of formal education, which is sometimes comp ...
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Aguilar v. Felton'',
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Witters v. Washington Department of Services for the Blind'',
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Zobrest v. Catalina Foothills School District
''Zobrest v. Catalina Foothills School District'', 509 U.S. 1 (1993), was a case before the United States Supreme Court.
Background
A deaf child and his parents sued the Catalina Foothills Unified School District in Arizona because the district r ...
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Agostini v. Felton
''Agostini v. Felton'', 521 U.S. 203 (1997), is a landmark decision of the Supreme Court of the United States. In this case, the Court overruled its decision in '' Aguilar v. Felton'' (1985), now finding that it was not a violation of the Establis ...
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Mitchell v. Helms'',
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Zelman v. Simmons-Harris
''Zelman v. Simmons-Harris'', 536 U.S. 639 (2002), was a 5–4 decision of the United States Supreme Court that upheld an Ohio program that used school vouchers. The Court decided that the program did not violate the Establishment Clause of the Fi ...
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Locke v. Davey'',
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Arizona Christian School Tuition Organization v. Winn'',
Government-sponsored religious displays
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Lynch v. Donnelly
''Lynch v. Donnelly'', 465 U.S. 668 (1984), was a United States Supreme Court case challenging the legality of Christmas decorations on town property.
Background
Pawtucket, Rhode Island's annual Christmas display in the city's shopping district, c ...
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Board of Trustees of Scarsdale v. McCreary
''Board of Trustees of Scarsdale v. McCreary'', 471 U.S. 83 (1985), was a United States Supreme Court case in which an evenly split Court upheld per curiam a lower court's decision that the display of a privately sponsored nativity scene on publ ...
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County of Allegheny v. American Civil Liberties Union
''County of Allegheny v. American Civil Liberties Union'', 492 U.S. 573 (1989), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court considered the constitutionality of two recurring Christmas and Hanukkah holiday displays located on public pr ...
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Van Orden v. Perry
''Van Orden v. Perry'', 545 U.S. 677 (2005), was a United States Supreme Court case involving whether a display of the Ten Commandments on a monument given to the government at the Texas State Capitol in Austin violated the Establishment Clau ...
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McCreary County v. American Civil Liberties Union'',
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Pleasant Grove City v. Summum'',
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Salazar v. Buono'',
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American Legion v. American Humanist Association
''American Legion v. American Humanist Association'', 588 U.S. ___ (2019), was a United States Supreme Court case dealing with the separation of church and state related to maintaining the Peace Cross, a World War I memorial shaped after a Latin ...
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Legislative prayer
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Marsh v. Chambers
''Marsh v. Chambers'', 463 U.S. 783 (1983), was a landmark court case in which the Supreme Court of the United States held that government funding for chaplains was constitutional because of the "unique history" of the United States.. Three days b ...
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Town of Greece v. Galloway'',
Internal religious affairs (also involving the Free Exercise Clause)
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Watson v. Jones
''Watson v. Jones'', 80 U.S. (13 Wall.) 679 (1871), is a seminal United States Supreme Court case regarding the role of secular courts adjudicating ecclesiastical disputes. In ''Watson v. Jones'', the Court held that in adjudications of church ...
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United States v. Ballard
''United States v. Ballard'', 322 U.S. 78 (1944), was a United States Supreme Court case from the October 1943 term.
The case arose from the appeal of the conviction of two leaders of the new religious "I AM" Activity movement for fraudulently ...
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Kedroff v. St. Nicholas Cathedral of Russian Orthodox Church in North America'',
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Kreshik v. St. Nicholas Cathedral'',
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Presbyterian Church v. Hull Church
''Presbyterian Church v. Hull Church'', 393 U.S. 440 (1969), was a United States Supreme Court case involving the secession of two local churches, including Hull Memorial Presbyterian Church, from the parent body Presbyterian Church in the United ...
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Serbian Eastern Orthodox Diocese for the United States of America & Canada v. Milivojevich'',
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Jones v. Wolf
Jones may refer to:
People
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* List of people with surname Jones
* Jones (singer), a British singer-songwriter
Arts and entertainment
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Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San Juan v. Acevedo Feliciano
The Supreme Court of the United States handed down ten ''per curiam'' opinions during its 2019 term, which began October 7, 2019 and concluded October 4, 2020.The descriptions of two opinions have been omitted:
Because ''per curiam'' decisions a ...
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Ministerial exception
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Hosanna-Tabor Evangelical Lutheran Church & School v. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission'',
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Our Lady of Guadalupe School v. Morrissey-Berru
''Our Lady of Guadalupe School v. Morrissey-Berru'', 591 U.S. ___ (2020), was a United States Supreme Court case involving the ministerial exception of federal employment discrimination laws. The case extends from the Supreme Court's prior decisio ...
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Private religious speech
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Lamb's Chapel v. Center Moriches Union Free School District
''Lamb's Chapel v. Center Moriches Union Free School District'', 508 U.S. 384 (1993), was a decision by the Supreme Court of the United States concerning whether the Free Speech Clause of the First Amendment was offended by a school district tha ...
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Capitol Square Review & Advisory Board v. Pinette'',
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Rosenberger v. University of Virginia
''Rosenberger v. Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia'', 515 U.S. 819 (1995), was an opinion by the Supreme Court of the United States regarding whether a state university might, consistent with the First Amendment, withhold from stud ...
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Good News Club v. Milford Central School'',
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Shurtleff v. City of Boston
''Shurtleff v. City of Boston'', 596 U.S. ___ (2022), was a United States Supreme Court case related to the First Amendment to the United States Constitution. The case concerned the City of Boston's program that allowed groups to have their fla ...
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Religion in public schools
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McCollum v. Board of Education
''McCollum v. Board of Education'', 333 U.S. 203 (1948), was a landmark United States Supreme Court case related to the power of a state to use its tax-supported public school system to aid religious instruction. The case was a test of the separat ...
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Zorach v. Clauson'',
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Engel v. Vitale
''Engel v. Vitale'', 370 U.S. 421 (1962), was a landmark United States Supreme Court case in which the Court ruled that it is unconstitutional for state officials to compose an official school prayer and encourage its recitation in public schools, ...
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Abington School District v. Schempp'',
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Epperson v. Arkansas
''Epperson v. Arkansas'', 393 U.S. 97 (1968), was a landmark United States Supreme Court case that invalidated an Arkansas statute prohibiting the teaching of human evolution in the public schools. The Court held that the First Amendment to the Un ...
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Stone v. Graham'',
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Wallace v. Jaffree
''Wallace v. Jaffree'', 472 U.S. 38 (1985), was a United States Supreme Court case deciding on the issue of silent school prayer.
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An Alabama law authorized teachers to set aside one minute at the start of each day for a moment for " ...
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Edwards v. Aguillard
''Edwards v. Aguillard'', 482 U.S. 578 (1987), was a United States Supreme Court case concerning the constitutionality of teaching creationism. The Court considered a Louisiana law requiring that where evolutionary science was taught in publi ...
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Westside Community Board of Education v. Mergens'',
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Lee v. Weisman
''Lee v. Weisman'', 505 U.S. 577 (1992), was a United States Supreme Court decision regarding school prayer. It was the first major school prayer case decided by the Rehnquist Court. It held that schools may not sponsor clerics to conduct even non ...
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Santa Fe Independent School District v. Doe
''Santa Fe Independent School Dist. v. Doe'', 530 U.S. 290 (2000), was a case heard before the Supreme Court of the United States, United States Supreme Court. It ruled that a policy permitting student-led, student-initiated prayer at high school ...
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Elk Grove Unified School District v. Newdow
''Elk Grove Unified School District v. Newdow'', 542 U.S. 1 (2004), was a case decided by the U.S. Supreme Court.. The lawsuit, originally filed as ''Newdow v. United States Congress, Elk Grove Unified School District, et al.'' in 2000, led to a ...
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Kennedy v. Bremerton School District
''Kennedy v. Bremerton School District'', 597 U.S. ___ (2022), is a landmark decision by the United States Supreme Court in which the Court held, 6–3, that the government, while following the Establishment Clause, may not suppress an individua ...
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Religious institution functioning as a government agency
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Larkin v. Grendel's Den, Inc.
''Larkin v. Grendel's Den, Inc.'', 459 U.S. 116 (1982), was a United States Supreme Court case dealing with the enforcement of liquor laws by a non-government entity. Massachusetts had established a law that allowed any church or school located wi ...
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Standing to sue
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Flast v. Cohen
''Flast v. Cohen'', 392 U.S. 83 (1968), was a United States Supreme Court case holding that a taxpayer has standing to sue the government to prevent an unconstitutional use of taxpayer funds.
The Supreme Court decided in ''Frothingham v. Mellon'' ...
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Valley Forge Christian College v. Americans United for Separation of Church & State'',
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Hein v. Freedom From Religion Foundation
''Hein v. Freedom From Religion Foundation'', 551 U.S. 587 (2007), was a decision by the United States Supreme Court which ruled that taxpayers do not have the right to challenge the constitutionality of expenditures by the executive branch of th ...
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Arizona Christian School Tuition Organization v. Winn'',
Statutory religious exemptions
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Walz v. Tax Commission of the City of New York
''Walz v. Tax Commission of the City of New York'', 397 U.S. 664 (1970), was a case before the United States Supreme Court. The Court held that grants of tax exemption to religious organizations do not violate the Establishment Clause of the Fir ...
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Bob Jones University v. United States
''Bob Jones University v. United States'', 461 U.S. 574 (1983), was a decision by the United States Supreme Court holding that the religion clauses of the First Amendment did not prohibit the Internal Revenue Service from revoking the tax exempt ...
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Estate of Thornton v. Caldor, Inc.
''Estate of Thornton v. Caldor, Inc.'', 472 U.S. 703 (1985), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court held that a state statute providing employees with an absolute right not to work on their chosen Sabbath violates the Establishm ...
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Corporation of Presiding Bishop of Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints v. Amos'',
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Texas Monthly, Inc. v. Bullock
''Texas Monthly v. Bullock'', 489 U.S. 1 (1989), was a case brought before the US Supreme Court in November 1988. The case (initiated by the publishers of ''Texas Monthly'', a well-known general-interest magazine in Texas) was to test the legality ...
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City of Boerne v. Flores'',
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Cutter v. Wilkinson'',
Unequal government treatment of different religious groups
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Larson v. Valente'',
Abortion and contraception
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Harris v. McRae
''Harris v. McRae'', 448 U.S. 297 (1980), was a case in which the Supreme Court of the United States held that states participating in Medicaid are not required to fund medically necessary abortions for which federal reimbursement was unavailable a ...
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Bowen v. Kendrick'',
Other
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Torcaso v. Watkins'' (1961)
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McDaniel v. Paty'' (1978)
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Trump v. Hawaii'' (2018)
The free exercise of religion
Exclusion of religion from public benefits
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Locke v. Davey'',
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Trinity Lutheran Church of Columbia, Inc. v. Comer
''Trinity Lutheran Church of Columbia, Inc. v. Comer'', 582 U.S. ___ (2017), was a case in which the Supreme Court of the United States held that a Missouri program that denied a grant to a religious school for playground resurfacing, while provid ...
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Espinoza v. Montana Department of Revenue
''Espinoza v. Montana Department of Revenue'', 591 U.S. ___ (2020), was a landmark United States Supreme Court case in which the Court ruled that a state-based scholarship program that provides public funds to allow students to attend private scho ...
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Carson v. Makin'',
Polygamy
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Reynolds v. United States
''Reynolds v. United States'', 98 U.S. 145 (1878), was a Supreme Court of the United States case that held that religious duty was not a defense to a criminal indictment. ''Reynolds'' was the first Supreme Court opinion to address the First Amen ...
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Davis v. Beason'' (1890)
Free exercise and eminent domain
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Lyng v. Northwest Indian Cemetery Protective Association'' (1988)
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City of Boerne v. Flores'' (1997)
Free exercise and free speech
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R. A. V. v. City of St. Paul'' (1992)
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Good News Club v. Milford Central School'' (2001)
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Gonzales v. O Centro Espirita Beneficente Uniao do Vegetal Gonzales may refer to:
Places
* Gonzales, California, U.S.
* Gonzales, Louisiana, U.S.
* Gonzales, Texas, U.S.
* Gonzales County, Texas
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Fulton v. City of Philadelphia'' (2021)
Free exercise and public education
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Wisconsin v. Yoder
''Wisconsin v. Jonas Yoder'', 406 U.S. 205 (1972), is the case in which the Supreme Court of the United States, United States Supreme Court found that Amish children could not be placed under compulsory education past junior high school, 8th grade ...
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Widmar v. Vincent
''Widmar v. Vincent'', 454 U.S. 263 (1981), held that when the U.S. government provides an "open forum," it may not discriminate against speech that takes place within that forum on the basis of the viewpoint it expresses—in this case, against r ...
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Board of Education of the Westside Community Schools v. Mergens'' (1990)
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Lamb's Chapel v. Center Moriches Union Free School District
''Lamb's Chapel v. Center Moriches Union Free School District'', 508 U.S. 384 (1993), was a decision by the Supreme Court of the United States concerning whether the Free Speech Clause of the First Amendment was offended by a school district tha ...
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Kennedy v. Bremerton School District
''Kennedy v. Bremerton School District'', 597 U.S. ___ (2022), is a landmark decision by the United States Supreme Court in which the Court held, 6–3, that the government, while following the Establishment Clause, may not suppress an individua ...
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Free exercise and public property
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Capitol Square Review and Advisory Board v. Pinette'' (1995)
Internal religious affairs (also involving the Establishment Clause)
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Watson v. Jones
''Watson v. Jones'', 80 U.S. (13 Wall.) 679 (1871), is a seminal United States Supreme Court case regarding the role of secular courts adjudicating ecclesiastical disputes. In ''Watson v. Jones'', the Court held that in adjudications of church ...
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United States v. Ballard
''United States v. Ballard'', 322 U.S. 78 (1944), was a United States Supreme Court case from the October 1943 term.
The case arose from the appeal of the conviction of two leaders of the new religious "I AM" Activity movement for fraudulently ...
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Kedroff v. St. Nicholas Cathedral of Russian Orthodox Church in North America'',
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Kreshik v. St. Nicholas Cathedral'',
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Presbyterian Church v. Hull Church
''Presbyterian Church v. Hull Church'', 393 U.S. 440 (1969), was a United States Supreme Court case involving the secession of two local churches, including Hull Memorial Presbyterian Church, from the parent body Presbyterian Church in the United ...
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Serbian Eastern Orthodox Diocese for the United States of America & Canada v. Milivojevich'',
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Jones v. Wolf
Jones may refer to:
People
* Jones (surname), a common Welsh and English surname
* List of people with surname Jones
* Jones (singer), a British singer-songwriter
Arts and entertainment
* Jones (''Animal Farm''), a human character in George Orwe ...
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Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San Juan v. Acevedo Feliciano
The Supreme Court of the United States handed down ten ''per curiam'' opinions during its 2019 term, which began October 7, 2019 and concluded October 4, 2020.The descriptions of two opinions have been omitted:
Because ''per curiam'' decisions a ...
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Ministerial exception
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Hosanna-Tabor Evangelical Lutheran Church & School v. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission'',
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Our Lady of Guadalupe School v. Morrissey-Berru
''Our Lady of Guadalupe School v. Morrissey-Berru'', 591 U.S. ___ (2020), was a United States Supreme Court case involving the ministerial exception of federal employment discrimination laws. The case extends from the Supreme Court's prior decisio ...
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Religion and the right to work
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Sherbert v. Verner'' (1963)
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Trans World Airlines v. Hardison
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Arts, entertainment, and media
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Ohio Civil Rights Commission v. Dayton Christian Schools'' (1986)
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Corporation of Presiding Bishop of Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints v. Amos'' (1987)
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Employment Division v. Smith
''Employment Division, Department of Human Resources of Oregon v. Smith'', 494 U.S. 872 (1990), is a United States Supreme Court case that held that the state could deny unemployment benefits to a person fired for violating a state prohibition on t ...
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Religious tests for public service or benefits
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Chaplinsky v. New Hampshire'' (1942)
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Torcaso v. Watkins'' (1961)
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McDaniel v. Paty'' (1978)
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Goldman v. Weinberger
''Goldman v. Weinberger'', 475 U.S. 503 (1986), was a United States Supreme Court case in which a Jewish Air Force officer was denied the right to wear a yarmulke when in uniform on the grounds that the Free Exercise Clause applies less strictly t ...
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Bowen v. Roy
''Bowen v. Roy'', 476 U.S. 693 (1986), was a United States Supreme Court case which established limits on freedom of religion in the United States..
Background
The plaintiffs were Native American parents who had applied for financial assistance ...
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Ritual sacrifice of animals
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Church of Lukumi Babalu Aye v. City of Hialeah
''Church of the Lukumi Babalu Aye, Inc. v. Hialeah'', 508 U.S. 520 (1993), was a case in which the Supreme Court of the United States held that an ordinance passed in Hialeah, Florida, forbidding the "unnecessar killing of "an animal in a public ...
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Solicitation by religious groups
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Cantwell v. Connecticut
''Cantwell v. Connecticut'', 310 U.S. 296 (1940), is a landmark court decision by the United States Supreme Court holding that the First Amendment's ''federal'' protection of religious free exercise incorporates via the Due Process Clause of th ...
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Minersville School District v. Gobitis
''Minersville School District v. Gobitis'', 310 U.S. 586 (1940), was a decision by the Supreme Court of the United States involving the religious rights of public school students under the First Amendment to the United States Constitution. The Cou ...
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Cox v. New Hampshire
''Cox v. New Hampshire'', 312 U.S. 569 (1941), was a case in which the Supreme Court of the United States held that, although the government cannot regulate the contents of speech, it can place reasonable time, place, and manner restrictions on s ...
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Jones v. City of Opelika (I)'' (1942)
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Marsh v. Alabama
''Marsh v. Alabama'', 326 U.S. 501 (1946), was a case decided by the US Supreme Court, which ruled that a state trespassing statute could not be used to prevent the distribution of religious materials on a town's sidewalk even though the sidewalk ...
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Murdock v. Pennsylvania'' (1943)
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Jones v. City of Opelika (II)'' (1943)
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West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette
''West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette'', 319 U.S. 624 (1943), is a landmark decision by the United States Supreme Court holding that the Free Speech Clause of the First Amendment protects students from being forced to salute the ...
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Prince v. Massachusetts
''Prince v. Massachusetts'', 321 U.S. 158 (1944), was a case in which the Supreme Court of the United States held that the government has broad authority to regulate the actions and treatment of children. Parental authority is not absolute and can ...
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Heffron v. International Society for Krishna Consciousness'' (1981)
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Watchtower Society v. Village of Stratton'' (2002)
Statutory religious exemptions
Religious Freedom Restoration Act
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Gonzales v. O Centro Espírita Beneficente União do Vegetal'',
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Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc.
''Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc.'', 573 U.S. 682 (2014), is a landmark decision in United States corporate law by the United States Supreme Court allowing privately held for-profit corporations to be exempt from a regulation its owners rel ...
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Zubik v. Burwell
''Zubik v. Burwell'', 578 U.S. ___ (2016), was a case before the United States Supreme Court on whether religious institutions other than churches should be exempt from the contraceptive mandate, a regulation adopted by the United States Depart ...
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Tanzin v. Tanvir
''Tanzin v. Tanvir'', 592 U.S. ___ (2020), was a United States Supreme Court case involving legal remedies that could be sought by litigants against federal officials for violations of the Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1993. In a unanimous ...
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Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act
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Holt v. Hobbs'',
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Ramirez v. Collier
''Ramirez v. Collier'', 595 U.S. ___ (2022), is a United States Supreme Court case related to the First Amendment to the United States Constitution and the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act.
Background
On July 19, 2004, 20-y ...
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Other
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Sause v. Bauer
The Supreme Court of the United States handed down sixteen '' per curiam'' opinions during its 2017 term, which began October 2, 2017, and concluded September 30, 2018.The descriptions of four opinions have been omitted:
Because ''per curiam'' d ...
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Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn v. Cuomo'' (2020)
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Tandon v. Newsom
The Supreme Court of the United States handed down thirteen '' per curiam'' opinions during its 2020 term, which began October 5, 2020 and concluded October 3, 2021.The descriptions of two opinions have been omitted:
Because ''per curiam'' decis ...
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Freedom of speech
Campaign finance
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Buckley v. Valeo
''Buckley v. Valeo'', 424 U.S. 1 (1976), was a landmark decision of the US Supreme Court on campaign finance. A majority of justices held that, as provided by section 608 of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971, limits on election expenditure ...
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First National Bank of Boston v. Bellotti
''First National Bank of Boston v. Bellotti'', 435 U.S. 765 (1978), is a U.S. constitutional law case which defined the free speech right of corporations for the first time. The United States Supreme Court held that corporations have a First Amend ...
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California Medical Association v. FEC
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Citizens Against Rent Control v. City of Berkeley'',
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FEC v. National Right to Work Committee'',
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FEC v. National Conservative PAC'',
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FEC v. Massachusetts Citizens for Life'',
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Eu v. S.F. Cty. Democratic Cent. Comm.
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Austin v. Michigan Chamber of Commerce
''Austin v. Michigan Chamber of Commerce'', 494 U.S. 652 (1990), is a United States corporate law case of the Supreme Court of the United States holding that the Michigan Campaign Finance Act, which prohibited corporations from using treasury mon ...
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Colorado Republican Federal Campaign Committee v. FEC'',
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Nixon v. Shrink Missouri Government PAC
''Nixon v. Shrink Missouri Government PAC'', 528 U.S. 377 (2000), was a case in which the Supreme Court of the United States held that their earlier decision in '' Buckley v. Valeo'' (1976), upholding federal limits on campaign contributions also ...
'',
* ''
FEC v. Colorado Republican Federal Campaign Committee'',
* ''
Republican Party of Minnesota v. White
''Republican Party of Minnesota v. White'', 536 U.S. 765 (2002), was a decision of the Supreme Court of the United States regarding the First Amendment rights of candidates for judicial office. In a 5–4 decision, the court ruled that Minnesot ...
'',
* ''
FEC v. Beaumont'',
* ''
McConnell v. FEC'',
* ''
Wisconsin Right to Life, Inc. v. FEC'',
* ''Randall v. Sorrell'',
* ''FEC v. Wisconsin Right to Life, Inc.'',
* ''Davis v. FEC'',
* ''Citizens United v. FEC'',
* ''Arizona Free Enterprise Club's Freedom Club PAC v. Bennett'',
* ''American Tradition Partnership, Inc. v. Bullock'',
* ''McCutcheon v. FEC'',
* ''Williams-Yulee v. Florida Bar'',
* ''Thompson v. Hebdon'',
* ''FEC v. Ted Cruz for Senate'',
Commercial speech
* ''Valentine v. Chrestensen'' (1942)
* ''Rowan v. U.S. Post Office Dept.'' (1970)
* ''Pittsburgh Press Co. v. Pittsburgh Commission on Human Relations'' (1973)
* ''Lehman v. Shaker Heights'' (1974)
* ''Bigelow v. Commonwealth of Virginia'' (1974)
* ''Virginia State Pharmacy Board v. Virginia Citizens Consumer Council'' (1976)
* ''Bates v. State Bar of Arizona'' (1977)
* ''Linmark Associates, Inc. v. Willingboro'' (1977)
* ''Ohralik v. Ohio State Bar Assn.'' (1978)
* ''Friedman v. Rogers'' (1979)
* ''Central Hudson Gas & Electric Corp. v. Public Service Commission'' (1980)
* ''Consolidated Edison Co. v. Public Service Commission, Consol. Edison Co. v. Public Serv. Comm'n'' (1980)
* ''Metromedia, Inc. v. San Diego'' (1981)
* ''Hoffman Estates v. The Flipside, Hoffman Estates, Inc.'' (1982)
* ''Bolger v. Youngs Drug Products Corp.'' (1983)
* ''Edenfield v. Fane'' (1993)
* ''44 Liquormart, Inc. v. Rhode Island'' (1996)
* ''Expressions Hair Design v. Schneiderman'' (2017)
* ''Iancu v. Brunetti'' (2019)
Compelled speech
* ''
Minersville School District v. Gobitis
''Minersville School District v. Gobitis'', 310 U.S. 586 (1940), was a decision by the Supreme Court of the United States involving the religious rights of public school students under the First Amendment to the United States Constitution. The Cou ...
'' (1940)
* ''
West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette
''West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette'', 319 U.S. 624 (1943), is a landmark decision by the United States Supreme Court holding that the Free Speech Clause of the First Amendment protects students from being forced to salute the ...
'' (1943)
* ''Miami Herald Publishing Co. v. Tornillo'' (1974)
* ''Wooley v. Maynard'' (1977)
* ''USAID v. Alliance for Open Society (2013), Agency for International Development v. Alliance for Open Society'' (2013)
* ''National Institute of Family and Life Advocates v. Becerra'' (2018)
* ''USAID v. Alliance for Open Society (2020), Agency for International Development v. Alliance for Open Society'' (2020)
* ''303 Creative LLC v. Elenis'' (2023)
Compelled commercial speech
* ''Zauderer v. Office of Disciplinary Counsel of Supreme Court of Ohio'' (1985)
* ''Riley v. National Federation of the Blind'' (1988)
* ''Ibanez v. Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation, Board of Accountancy'' (1994)
* ''Milavetz, Gallop & Milavetz, P.A. v. United States'' (2010)
* ''Expressions Hair Design v. Schneiderman'' (2017)
Compelled subsidy for speech of others
Cases that consider the First Amendment implications of payments mandated by the state going to use in part for speech by third parties
* ''Abood v. Detroit Board of Education'' (1977)
* ''Communications Workers of America v. Beck'' (1978)
* ''Chicago Local Teachers Union v. Hudson'' (1986)
* ''Keller v. State Bar of California'' (1990)
* ''Lehnert v. Ferris Faculty Ass'n'' (1991)
* ''Glickman v. Wileman Brothers & Elliott Inc.'' (1997)
* ''Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System v. Southworth'' (2000)
* ''United States v. United Foods, Inc.'' (2001)
* ''Johanns v. Livestock Marketing Association'' (2005)
* ''Davenport v. Washington Education Association'' (2007)
* ''Locke v. Karass'' (2008)
* ''Knox v. Service Employees International Union, Local 1000'' (2012)
* ''Harris v. Quinn'' (2014)
* ''Friedrichs v. California Teachers Ass'n'' (2016)
* ''Janus v. AFSCME'' (2018)
Loyalty oaths and affirmations
* ''American Communications Association v. Douds'' (1950)
* ''Garner v. Board of Public Works'' (1951)
* ''Adler v. Board of Ed. of City of New York'' (1952)
* ''Wieman v. Updegraff'' (1952)
* ''Speiser v. Randall'' (1958)
* ''Cramp v. Board of Public Instruction'' (1961)
* ''Keyishian v. Board of Regents'' (1965)
* ''Communist Party of Indiana v. Whitcomb'' (1974)
Content-based
* ''
R. A. V. v. City of St. Paul'' (1992)
* ''Reed v. Town of Gilbert'' (2015)
* ''City of Austin v. Reagan National Advertising of Austin, LLC'' (2022)
Content-neutral
* ''City of Ladue v. Gilleo'' (1994)
Sedition and imminent danger
* ''Debs v. United States'' (1919)
* ''Schenck v. United States'' (1919)
* ''Abrams v. United States'' (1919)
* ''Gitlow v. New York'' (1925)
* ''Whitney v. California'' (1927)
* ''Dennis v. United States'' (1951)
* ''Communist Party v. Subversive Activities Control Board'' (1955)
* ''Yates v. United States'' (1957)
* ''Brandenburg v. Ohio'' (1969)
False speech
* ''United States v. Alvarez'' (2012)
* ''Susan B. Anthony List v. Driehaus'' (2014)
Fighting words and the heckler's veto
* ''
Cantwell v. Connecticut
''Cantwell v. Connecticut'', 310 U.S. 296 (1940), is a landmark court decision by the United States Supreme Court holding that the First Amendment's ''federal'' protection of religious free exercise incorporates via the Due Process Clause of th ...
'' (1940)
* ''
Chaplinsky v. New Hampshire'' (1942)
* ''Terminiello v. Chicago'' (1949)
* ''Feiner v. New York'' (1951)
* ''National Socialist Party of America v. Village of Skokie'' (1977)
* ''
R. A. V. v. City of St. Paul'' (1992)
* ''Snyder v. Phelps'' (2011)
Freedom of assembly and public forums
* ''Hague v. Committee for Industrial Organization, Hague v. CIO'' (1939)
* ''Schneider v. New Jersey'' (1939)
* ''Martin v. Struthers'' (1943)
* ''NAACP v. Alabama'' (1958)
* ''Bates v. City of Little Rock'' (1960)
* ''Edwards v. South Carolina'' (1963)
* ''Cox v. Louisiana'' (1965)
* ''Brown v. Louisiana'' (1966)
* ''Adderley v. Florida'' (1966)
* ''Carroll v. Town of Princess Anne'' (1968)
* ''Coates v. Cincinnati'' (1971)
* ''Organization for a Better Austin v. Keefe'' (1971)
* ''Southeastern Promotions, Ltd. v. Conrad'' (1975)
* ''Pruneyard Shopping Center v. Robins'' (1980)
* ''Postal Service v. Council of Greenburgh Civic Assns.'' (1981)
* ''Christian Legal Society v. Martinez'' (2010)
* ''Manhattan Community Access Corp. v. Halleck'' (2019)
* ''Americans for Prosperity Foundation v. Bonta'' (2021)
Time, place and manner
Cases concerning restrictions on the time, place, and manner of speech
* ''Chicago Police Dept. v. Mosley'' (1972)
* ''Grayned v. City of Rockford'' (1972)
* ''Ward v. Rock Against Racism'' (1989)
* ''Schenck v. Pro-Choice Network of Western New York'' (1997)
* ''Hill v. Colorado'' (2000)
* ''McCullen v. Coakley'' (2014)
* ''Minnesota Voters Alliance v. Mansky'' (2018)
Government speech
Cases pertaining to whether or not extending protections to speech constitutes government endorsement of speech.
* ''
Pleasant Grove City v. Summum'',
* ''Walker v. Texas Division, Sons of Confederate Veterans'' (2015)
* ''Matal v. Tam'' (2017)
* ''Iancu v. Brunetti'' (2019)
* ''
Shurtleff v. City of Boston
''Shurtleff v. City of Boston'', 596 U.S. ___ (2022), was a United States Supreme Court case related to the First Amendment to the United States Constitution. The case concerned the City of Boston's program that allowed groups to have their fla ...
'',
Government-subsidized speech
Cases about restrictions on speech by third parties funded by the government.
* ''Rust v. Sullivan'' (1991)
* ''Legal Services Corp. v. Velazquez'' (2001)
Obscenity
Generally
Cases concerned with the definition of obscenity and whether a particular work or type of material is obscene.
* ''Roth v. United States'' (1957)
* ''Alberts v. California'', (1957)
* ''One, Inc. v. Olesen'', (1958)
* ''MANual Enterprises v. Day'', (1962)
* ''Jacobellis v. Ohio'' (1964)
* ''Memoirs v. Massachusetts'', (1966)
* ''Kois v. Wisconsin'' (1972)
* ''Miller v. California'' (1973)
* ''Jenkins v. Georgia'' (1974)
* ''New York v. Ferber'' (1982)
* ''Osborne v. Ohio'' (1990)
* ''United States v. Stevens'' (2010)
As criminal offense
Appeals of criminal convictions for possessing, selling or distributing obscenity that focused on that issue
* ''Rosen v. United States'' (1896)
* ''Butler v. Michigan'' (1957)
* ''Smith v. California'', (1959)
* ''Ginzburg v. United States'', (1966)
* ''Mishkin v. New York'', (1966)
* ''Redrup v. New York'' (1967)
* ''Ginsberg v. New York'' (1968)
* ''Stanley v. Georgia'' (1969)
* ''Blount v. Rizzi'' (1971)
* ''United States v. Reidel'' (1971)
* ''Heller v. New York'' (1973)
* ''United States v. Orito'' (1973)
* ''Erznoznik v. City of Jacksonville'' (1975)
* ''United States v. X-Citement Video'' (1994)
Search, seizure and forfeiture
Cases involving the search and seizure of allegedly obscene material
* ''Marcus v. Search Warrant'', (1961)
* ''Quantity of Books v. Kansas'' (1964)
* ''Lee Art Theatre, Inc. v. Virginia'' (1968)
* ''United States v. Thirty-seven Photographs'' (1971)
* ''United States v. 12 200-ft. Reels of Film'' (1973)
* ''Roaden v. Kentucky'' (1973)
* ''Lo-Ji Sales, Inc., v. New York'' (1979)
* ''Maryland v. Macon'' (1985)
* ''New York v. P.J. Video, Inc.'' (1986)
Civil and administrative regulation
Cases dealing with civil and administrative regulatory procedures aimed at suppressing or restricting obscenity, such as film-licensing boards or zoning regulations.
* ''Mutual Film Corp. v. Industrial Commission of Ohio'' (1915)
* ''Joseph Burstyn, Inc. v. Wilson'' (1952)
* ''Kingsley Books, Inc. v. Brown'' (1957)
* ''Kingsley Int'l Pictures Corp. v. Regents of Univ. of N. Y.'' (1959)
* ''Times Film Corp. v. Chicago'' (1961)
* ''Bantam Books v. Sullivan'' (1963)
* ''Freedman v. Maryland'' (1965)
* ''Paris Adult Theatre I v. Slaton'' (1973)
* ''Young v. American Mini Theatres'' (1976)
* ''Renton v. Playtime Theatres, Inc.'' (1986)
* ''United States v. Playboy Entertainment Group'' (2000)
Internet
Cases involving laws meant to restrict obscenity online
* ''Reno v. American Civil Liberties Union'' (1997)
* ''Ashcroft v. American Civil Liberties Union (2002)''
* ''Ashcroft v. Free Speech Coalition'' (2002)
Public employees
* ''Pickering v. Board of Education'' (1968)
* ''Board of Regents of State Colleges v. Roth'' (1972)
* ''Perry v. Sindermann'' (1972)
* ''Arnett v. Kennedy'' (1974)
* ''Parker v. Levy'' (1974)
* ''Madison School District v. Wisconsin Employment Relations Commission'' (1976)
* ''Mt. Healthy City School District Board of Education v. Doyle'' (1977)
* ''Givhan v. Western Line Consolidated School District'' (1979)
* ''Snepp v. United States'' (1980)
* ''Connick v. Myers'' (1983)
* ''Rankin v. McPherson'' (1987)
* ''Waters v. Churchill'' (1994)
* ''United States v. National Treasury Employees Union'' (1995)
* ''Board of Commissioners, Wabaunsee County v. Umbehr,'' (1996)
* ''San Diego v. Roe'' (2004)
* ''Garcetti v. Ceballos'' (2007)
* ''Borough of Duryea v. Guarnieri'' (2011)
* ''Lane v. Franks'' (2014)
* ''Heffernan v. City of Paterson'' (2016)
* ''Houston Community College System v. Wilson'',
Political activity and Hatch Act of 1939
* ''Ex parte Curtis'' (1882)
* ''United Public Workers v. Mitchell'' (1947)
* ''United States Civil Service Commission v. National Association of Letter Carriers'' (1973)
* ''Broadrick v. Oklahoma'' (1973)
* ''Elrod v. Burns'' (1976)
* ''Branti v. Finkel'' (1979)
Public school students
Speech by students in public secondary schools
* ''Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District'' (1969)
* ''Healy v. James'' (1972)
* ''Board of Education v. Pico'' (1982)
* ''Bethel School District No. 403 v. Fraser'' (1986)
* ''Hazelwood School District v. Kuhlmeier'' (1988)
* ''Morse v. Frederick'' (2007)
* ''Mahanoy Area School District v. B.L.'' (2021)
Retaliation by public officials
Cases in which it has been alleged governmental officials retaliated for protected speech made by private citizens who are not employed by said officials.
* ''Bridges v. California'' (1941)
* ''Pennekamp v. Florida'' (1946)
* ''Wood v. Georgia'' (1962)
* ''Haig v. Agee'' (1981)
* ''Gentile v. State Bar of Nevada'' (1991)
* ''Lozman v. City of Riviera Beach (2018), Lozman v. City of Riviera Beach'' (2018)
* ''Nieves v. Bartlett'' (2019)
Symbolic speech
* ''United States v. O'Brien'' (1968)
* ''Cohen v. California'' (1971)
* ''Smith v. Goguen'' (1974)
* ''Texas v. Johnson'' (1989)
* ''United States v. Eichman'' (1990)
* ''City of Erie v. Pap's A.M.'' (2000)
* ''Virginia v. Black'' (2003)
Freedom of the press
Broadcast media
* ''Red Lion Broadcasting Co. v. Federal Communications Commission, Red Lion Broadcasting Co. v. FCC'' (1968)
* ''Columbia Broadcasting System v. Democratic National Committee, CBS v. Democratic National Committee'' (1973)
* ''Federal Communications Commission v. League of Women Voters of California, FCC v. League of Women Voters of California'' (1984)
* ''Federal Communications Commission v. Pacifica Foundation, FCC v. Pacifica Foundation'' (1989)
* ''Turner Broadcasting v. Federal Communications Commission, Turner Broadcasting v. FCC'' (1995)
* ''Bartnicki v. Vopper''
* ''FCC v. Fox Television Stations, Inc. (2009), FCC v. Fox Television Stations, Inc. I'' (2009)
* ''FCC v. Fox Television Stations, Inc. (2012), FCC v. Fox Television Stations, Inc. II'' (2012)
Defamation
* ''Beauharnais v. Illinois'' (1952)
* ''New York Times Co. v. Sullivan'' (1964)
* ''Garrison v. Louisiana'' (1964)
* ''Curtis Publishing Co. v. Butts'' (1967)
* ''St. Amant v. Thompson'' (1968)
* ''Gertz v. Robert Welch, Inc.'' (1974)
* ''Time, Inc. v. Firestone'' (1976)
* ''Bose Corp. v. Consumers Union of United States, Inc.'' (1981)
* ''Dun & Bradstreet, Inc. v. Greenmoss Builders, Inc.'' (1985)
* ''McDonald v. Smith'' (1985)
* ''Hustler Magazine v. Falwell'' (1988)
* ''Milkovich v. Lorain Journal Co.'' (1990)
* ''Hoeper v. Air Wisconsin'' (2014)
Prior restraints and censorship
* ''Near v. Minnesota'' (1931)
* ''Lovell v. City of Griffin'' (1938)
* ''Brandenburg v. Ohio'' (1969)
* ''New York Times Co. v. United States'' (1971)
* ''Nebraska Press Assn. v. Stuart'' (1976)
* ''Houchins v. KQED, Inc.'' (1978)
* ''Tory v. Cochran'' (2005)
* ''Citizens United v. FEC'' (2010)
Privacy
* ''Time, Inc. v. Hill'' (1967)
* ''Cox Broadcasting Corp. v. Cohn'' (1975)
* ''Richmond Newspapers, Inc. v. Virginia'' (198
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* ''Florida Star v. B. J. F.'' (1989)
* ''Wilson v. Layne'' (1999)
Search and seizure
* ''Zurcher v. Stanford Daily'', (1978)
Taxation and privileges
* ''Grosjean v. American Press Co.'' (1936)
* ''Branzburg v. Hayes'' (1972)
* ''Minneapolis Star Tribune Company v. Commissioner'' (1983)
Freedom of assembly
* ''United States v. Cruikshank'',
* ''Presser v. Illinois'',
* ''De Jonge v. Oregon'',
* ''Thomas v. Collins'',
Freedom of association
* ''Joint Anti-Fascist Refugee Committee v. McGrath'' (1951)
* ''Watkins v. United States'' (1957)
* ''Sweezy v. New Hampshire'' (1957)
* ''National Association for the Advancement of Colored People v. Alabama, NAACP v. Alabama'' (1958)
* ''Bates v. City of Little Rock'' (1960)
* ''Shelton v. Tucker'' (1960)
* ''Gibson v. Florida Legislative Investigation Committee'' (1963)
* ''Eastland v. United States Servicemen's Fund'' (1975)
* ''Abood v. Detroit Board of Education'' (1977)
* ''In re Primus'' (1978)
* ''Roberts v. United States Jaycees'' (1984)
* ''Rotary Int'l v. Rotary Club of Duarte'', 481 U.S. 537 (1987)
* ''Hurley v. Irish-American Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual Group of Boston'' (1995)
* ''Boy Scouts of America v. Dale'' (2000)
* ''California Democratic Party v. Jones'' (2000)
* ''Americans for Prosperity Foundation v. Bonta'',
Freedom to petition
* ''United States v. Cruikshank'' (1876)
* ''Thomas v. Collins'' (1945)
* ''Eastern Railroad Presidents Conference v. Noerr Motor Freight, Inc.'' (1961)
* ''NAACP v. Button'' (1963)
* ''Edwards v. South Carolina'' (1963)
* ''United Mine Workers v. Pennington'' (1965)
* ''Cox v. Louisiana'' (1965)
* ''California Motor Transport Co. v. Trucking Unlimited'' (1972)
* ''Smith v. Arkansas State Highway Employees'' (1979)
* ''McDonald v. Smith'' (1985)
* ''Meyer v. Grant'' (1988)
* ''Buckley v. American Constitutional Law Foundation'' (1999)
* ''BE and K Construction Co. V. National Labor Relations Board'' (2002)
* ''Doe v. Reed'' (2010)
* ''Borough of Duryea v. Guarnieri'' (2011)
Further reading
* ''The Oxford Companion to the Supreme Court of the United States''. Kermit L. Hall, ed.
* ''The Oxford Guide to United States Supreme Court Decisions''. Kermit L. Hall, ed.
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