FIRST AMENDMENT ASSIGNMENT – LIST OF TOPICS AND CASES
This is a list of cases that appeared before the Supreme Court of the United States involving the First Amendment to the
United States Constitution.
The establishment of religion
Tax exemption to religious institutions
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Walz v. Tax Commission of the City of New York (1970)
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Bob Jones University v. United States (1983)
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Texas Monthly, Inc. v. Bullock (1989)
Legislative chaplains
 Marsh v. Chambers (1984)
 Town of Greece v. Galloway (2014)
Government-sponsored religious displays
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Lynch v. Donnelly (1984)
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County of Allegheny v. ACLU Greater Pittsburgh Chapter (1989)
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McCreary County v. ACLU of Kentucky (2005)
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Van Orden v. Perry (2005)
Religion in public education
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McCollum v. Board of Education (1948)
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Zorach v. Clauson (1952)
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Engel v. Vitale (1962)
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Abington School District v. Schempp (1963)
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Epperson v. Arkansas (1968)
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Stone v. Graham (1980)
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Rosenberger v. University of Virginia (1995)
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Agostini v. Felton (1997)
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Mitchell v. Helms (2000)
Prayer in public schools
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Wallace v. Jaffree (1985)
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Lee v. Weisman (1992)
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Santa Fe Independent School Dist. v. Doe (2000)
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Elk Grove Unified School District v. Newdow (2004)
Teaching of creationism in public schools
Edwards v. Aguillard (1987)
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Governmental aid to church-related schools
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Pierce v. Society of Sisters (1925)
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Cochran v. Louisiana State Board of Education (1930)
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Everson v. Board of Education (1947)
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Abington School District v. Schempp (1963)
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Board of Education v. Allen (1968)
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Lemon v. Kurtzman (1971)
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Tilton v. Richardson (1971)
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Committee for Public Education and Religious Liberty v. Nyquist (1973)
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Meek v. Pittenger (1975)
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Roemer v. Board of Public Works of Maryland (1976)
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Wolman v. Walter (1977)
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Committee for Public Education and Religious Liberty v. Regan (1980)
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Mueller v. Allen (1983)
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Aguilar v. Felton (1985)
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Grand Rapids School District v. Ball (1985)
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Zobrest v. Catalina Foothills School District (1993)
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Zelman v. Simmons-Harris (2002)
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Arizona Christian School Tuition Organization v. Winn (2011)
Blue laws
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McGowan v. Maryland (1961)
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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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Thorton v. Caldor (1965)
Religious institution functioning as a government agency
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Larkin v. Grendel’s Den (1982)
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Bowen v. Kendrick (1988)
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Board of Education of Kiryas Joel Village School v. Grumet (1994)
Unequal government treatment of religious groups
Larson v. Valente (1982)
The free exercise of religion
Polygamy
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Reynolds v. United States (1878)
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Davis v. Beason (1890)
Religion and the right to work
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Sherbert v. Verner (1963)
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Trans World Airlines v. Hardison (1977)
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Ohio Civil Rights Commission v. Dayton Christian Schools (1986)
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Corporation of the Presiding Bishop of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints v. Amos (1987)
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Employment Division v. Smith (1990)
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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Thomas v. Review Board of the Indiana Employment Security Division (1981)
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Goldman v. Weinberger (1986)
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Bowen v. Roy (1986)
Free exercise and free speech
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R. A. V. v. City of St. Paul (1992)
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Gonzales v. O Centro Espirita Beneficente Uniao do Vegetal (2006)
Free exercise and public education
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Wisconsin v. Yoder (1972)
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Widmar v. Vincent (1981)
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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 (1993)
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Rosenberger v. Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia (1995)
Free Exercise and public property
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Capitol Square Review and Advisory Board v. Pinette (1995)
Solicitation by religious groups
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Cantwell v. Connecticut (1940)
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Minersville School District v. Gobitis (1940)
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Cox v. New Hampshire (1941)
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Jones v. City of Opelika (I) (1942)
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Marsh v. Alabama (1942)
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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 (1943)
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Prince v. Massachusetts (1944)
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Heffron v. International Society for Krishna Consciousness (1981)
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)
Ritual sacrifice of animals
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Church of Lukumi Babalu Aye v. City of Hialeah (1993)
Government intervention in church controversies
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United States v. Ballard (1944)
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Kedroff v. Saint Nicholas Cathedral (1952)
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Presbyterian Church v. Hull Church (1969)
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Jones v. Wolf (1979)
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Hosanna-Tabor Evangelical Lutheran Church and School v. EEOC (2012)
Freedom of assembly and public forums
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Hague v. CIO (1939)
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Schneider v. New Jersey (1939)
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Martin v. Struthers (1943)
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"NAACP v. Alabama" (1958)
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Edwards v. South Carolina (1963)
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Cox v. Louisiana (1965)
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Brown v. Louisiana (1966)
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Carroll v. Princess Anne (1966)
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Adderley v. Florida (1966)
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Coates v. Cincinnati (1971)
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Organization for a Better Austin v. Keefe (1971)
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Southeastern Promotions, Ltd. v. Conrad (1975)
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Pruneyard Shopping Center v. Robins (1980
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Free Speech
Time, place and manner
Cases concerning restrictions on the time, place, and manner of speech
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Chicago Police Dept. v. Mosley (1972)
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Grayned v. City of Rockford (1972)
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Ward v. Rock Against Racism (1989)
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Schenck v. Pro-Choice Network of Western New York (1997)
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Hill v. Colorado (2000)
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McCullen v. Coakley (2014)
Symbolic speech
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United States v. O'Brien (1968)
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Cohen v. California (1972)
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Texas v. Johnson (1989)
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United States v. Eichman (1990)
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Virginia v. Black (2003)
Compelled speech
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Minersville School District v. Gobitis (1940)
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West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette (1943)
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Wooley v. Maynard (1977)
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Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System v. Southworth (2000)
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Davenport v. Washington Education Association (2007)
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Agency for International Development v. Alliance for Open Society (2013)
Loyalty oaths and affirmations
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American Communications Association v. Douds (1950)
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Garner v. Board of Public Works, (1951)
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Adler v. Board of Ed. of City of New York, (1952)
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Wieman v. Updegraff, (1952)
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Speiser v. Randall, (1958)
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Cramp v. Board of Public Instruction, (1961)
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Keyishian v. Board of Regents, (1965)
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Communist Party of Indiana v. Whitcomb, (1974)
School speech
Speech by students in public secondary schools (for cases involving teachers' free-speech rights, see Public employees,
below).
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Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District (1969)
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Board of Education v. Pico (1982)
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Bethel School District No. 403 v. Fraser (1986)
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Hazelwood School District v. Kuhlmeier (1988)
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Poling v. Murphy(1989)
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Morse v. Frederick (2007)
Obscenity
Cases concerned with the definition of obscenity and whether a particular work or type of material is obscene.
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Roth v. United States (1957)
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Alberts v. California, (1957)
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One, Inc. v. Olesen, (1958)
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MANual Enterprises v. Day, (1962)
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Jacobellis v. Ohio (1964)
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Memoirs v. Massachusetts, (1966)
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Kois v. Wisconsin (1972)
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Miller v. California (1973)
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Jenkins v. Georgia (1974)
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New York v. Ferber (1982)
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Osborne v. Ohio (1990)
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United States v. Stevens (2010)
Internet
Cases involving laws meant to restrict obscenity online
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Reno v. American Civil Liberties Union (1997)
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Ashcroft v. American Civil Liberties Union (2002)
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Ashcroft v. Free Speech Coalition (2002)
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Government-funded speech
Cases about restrictions on speech by third parties funded by the government.
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Rust v. Sullivan (1991)
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Legal Services Corp. v. Velazquez (2001)
Speech by public employees
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Pickering v. Board of Education (1968)
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Board of Regents of State Colleges v. Roth (1972)
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Perry v. Sindermann (1972)
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Madison School District v. Wisconsin Employment Relations Commission (1976)
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Mt. Healthy City School District Board of Education v. Doyle (1977)
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Givhan v. Western Line Consolidated School District (1979)
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Snepp v. United States (1980)
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Connick v. Myers (1983)
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Rankin v. McPherson (1987)
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Waters v. Churchill (1994)
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United States v. National Treasury Employees Union (1995)
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San Diego v. Roe (2004)
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Garcetti v. Ceballos (2007)
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Borough of Duryea v. Guarnieri (2011)
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Lane v. Franks (cert granted, 2014)
Political activity and Hatch Act
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Ex parte Curtis (1882)
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United Public Workers v. Mitchell (1947)
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United States Civil Service Commission v. National Association of Letter Carriers (1973)
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Broadrick v. Oklahoma (1973)
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Elrod v. Burns (1976)
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Branti v. Finkel (1979)
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Commercial speech
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Valentine v. Chrestensen (1942)
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Rowan v. U.S. Post Office Dept. (1970)
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Pittsburgh Press Co. v. Pittsburgh Commission on Human Relations (1973)
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Lehman v. Shaker Heights (1974)
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Bigelow v. Commonwealth of Virginia (1974)
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Virginia State Pharmacy Board v. Virginia Citizens Consumer Council (1976)
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Bates v. State Bar of Arizona (1977)
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Linmark Associates, Inc. v. Willingboro (1977)
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Ohralik v. Ohio State Bar Assn. (1978)
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Central Hudson Gas & Electric Corp. v. Public Service Commission (1980)
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Consol. Edison Co. v. Public Serv. Comm'n (1980)
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Hoffman Estates v. The Flipside, Hoffman Estates, Inc. (1982)
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Bolger v. Youngs Drug Products Corp. (1983)
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44 Liquormart, Inc. v. Rhode Island (1996)
Freedom of the press
Prior restraints and censorship
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Near v. Minnesota (1931)
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Lovell v. City of Griffin (1938)
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New York Times Co. v. United States (1971)
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Miami Herald Publishing Co. v. Tornillo (1974)
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Nebraska Press Assn. v. Stuart (1976)
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Houchins v. KQED, Inc. (1978)
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Tory v. Cochran (2005)
Privacy
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Time, Inc. v. Hill (1967)
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Cox Broadcasting Corp. v. Cohn (1975)
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Richmond Newspapers, Inc. v. Virginia (1980)
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Florida Star v. B. J. F. (1989)
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Wilson v. Layne (1999)
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Taxation and privileges
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Grosjean v. American Press Co. (1936)
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Branzburg v. Hayes (1972)
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Minneapolis Star Tribune Company v. Commissioner (1983)
Defamation
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Beauharnais v. Illinois (1952)
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New York Times Co. v. Sullivan (1964)
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Garrison v. Louisiana (1964)
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Curtis Publishing Co. v. Butts (1967)
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Gertz v. Robert Welch, Inc. (1974)
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Time, Inc. v. Firestone (1976)
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Bose Corp. v. Consumers Union of United States, Inc. (1981)
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Dun & Bradstreet, Inc. v. Greenmoss Builders, Inc. (1985)
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McDonald v. Smith (1985)
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Hustler Magazine v. Falwell (1988)
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Milkovich v. Lorain Journal Co. (1990)
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Hoeper v. Air Wisconsin (2014)
Broadcast media
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Red Lion Broadcasting Co. v. FCC (1968)
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FCC v. Pacifica Foundation (1989)
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Turner Broadcasting v. FCC (1995)
Freedom of association
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Joint Anti-Fascist Refugee Committee v. McGrath (1951)
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Watkins v. United States (1957)
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Sweezy v. New Hampshire (1957)
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NAACP v. Alabama (1958)
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Shelton v. Tucker (1960)
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Gibson v. Florida Legislative Investigation Committee (1963)
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In re Primus (1978)
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Roberts v. United States Jaycees (1984)
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Hurley v. Irish-American Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual Group of Boston (1995)
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Boy Scouts of America v. Dale (2000)