# List of United States Supreme Court cases involving the First Amendment

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
### Blue laws

* McGowan v. Maryland 366 U.S. 420 (1930)
* Braunfeld v. Brown 366 U.S. 599 (1961)
* Gallagher v. Crown Kosher Super Market 366 U.S. 617 (1961)
* Estate of Thornton v. Caldor, Inc. 472 U.S. 703 (1985)

### Government aid to church-related schools

* Cochran v. Louisiana State Board of Education, 281 U.S. 370 (1930)
* Everson v. Board of Education, 330 U.S. 1 (1947)
* Board of Ed. of Central School Dist. No. 1 v. Allen, 392 U.S. 236 (1968)
* Lemon v. Kurtzman, 403 U.S. 602 (1971)
* Tilton v. Richardson, 403 U.S. 672 (1971)
* Lemon v. Kurtzman II, 411 U.S. 192 (1973)
* Levitt v. Committee for Public Education and Religious Liberty, 413 U.S. 472 (1973)
* Hunt v. McNair, 413 U.S. 734 (1973)
* Committee for Public Education and Religious Liberty v. Nyquist, 413 U.S. 756 (1973)
* Sloan v. Lemon, 413 U.S. 825 (1973)
* Wheeler v. Barrera, 417 U.S. 402 (1974)
* Public Funds for Public Schools v. Marburger 417 U.S. 961 (1974)
* Meek v. Pittenger, 421 U.S. 349 (1975)
* Roemer v. Board of Public Works of Maryland, 426 U.S. 736 (1976)
* Wolman v. Walter, 433 U.S. 229 (1977)
* New York v. Cathedral Academy, 434 U.S. 125 (1977)
* Committee for Public Education and Religious Liberty v. Regan, 444 U.S. 646 (1980)
* Mueller v. Allen, 463 U.S. 388 (1983)
* School Dist. of Grand Rapids v. Ball, 473 U.S. 373 (1985)
* Aguilar v. Felton, 473 U.S. 402 (1985)
* Witters v. Washington Department of Services for the Blind, 474 U.S. 481 (1986)
* Zobrest v. Catalina Foothills School District, 509 U.S. 1 (1993)
* Board of Education of Kiryas Joel Village School District v. Grumet, 512 U.S. 687 (1994)
* Agostini v. Felton, 521 U.S. 203 (1997)
* Mitchell v. Helms, 530 U.S. 793 (2000)
* Zelman v. Simmons-Harris, 536 U.S. 639 (2002)
* Locke v. Davey, 540 U.S. 712 (2004)
* Arizona Christian School Tuition Organization v. Winn, 563 U.S. 125 (2011)
* Espinoza v. Montana Department of Revenue, 591 U.S. 125 (2020)

### Government-sponsored religious displays

* Lynch v. Donnelly, 465 U.S. 668 (1984)
* Board of Trustees of Scarsdale v. McCreary, 471 U.S. 83 (1985)
* County of Allegheny v. American Civil Liberties Union, 492 U.S. 573 (1989)
* Van Orden v. Perry, 545 U.S. 677 (2005)
* McCreary County v. American Civil Liberties Union, 545 U.S. 844 (2005)
* Pleasant Grove City v. Summum, 555 U.S. 460 (2009)
* Salazar v. Buono, 559 U.S. 700 (2010)
* American Legion v. American Humanist Association, No. 17-1717, 588 U.S. ___ (2019)

#### Legislative prayer

* Marsh v. Chambers, 463 U.S. 783 (1984)
* Town of Greece v. Galloway, 572 U.S. 565 (2014)

### Internal religious affairs (also involving the Free Exercise Clause)

* Watson v. Jones, 80 U.S. (13 Wall.) 679 (1872)
* United States v. Ballard, 322 U.S. 78 (1944)
* Kedroff v. St. Nicholas Cathedral of Russian Orthodox Church in North America, 344 U.S. 94 (1952)
* Kreshik v. St. Nicholas Cathedral, 363 U.S. 190 (1960)
* Presbyterian Church v. Hull Church, 393 U.S. 440 (1969)
* Serbian Eastern Orthodox Diocese for the United States of America & Canada v. Milivojevich, 426 U.S. 696 (1976)
* Jones v. Wolf, 443 U.S. 595 (1979)
* Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San Juan v. Acevedo Feliciano, No. 18-921, 589 U.S. ___ (2020)

#### Ministerial exception

* Hosanna-Tabor Evangelical Lutheran Church & School v. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, 565 U.S. 171 (2012)
* Our Lady of Guadalupe School v. Morrissey-Berru, No. 19-267, 591 U.S. ___ (2020)

### Private religious speech

* Lamb's Chapel v. Center Moriches Union Free School District, 508 U.S. 384 (1993)
* Capitol Square Review & Advisory Board v. Pinette, 515 U.S. 753 (1995)
* Rosenberger v. University of Virginia, 515 U.S. 819 (1995)
* Good News Club v. Milford Central School, 533 U.S. 98 (2001)
* Shurtleff v. City of Boston, No. 20-1800, 596 U.S. ___ (2022)

### Religion in public schools

* McCollum v. Board of Education, 333 U.S. 203 (1948)
* Zorach v. Clauson, 343 U.S. 306 (1952)
* Engel v. Vitale, 370 U.S. 421 (1962)
* Abington School District v. Schempp, 374 U.S. 203 (1963)
* Epperson v. Arkansas, 393 U.S. 97 (1968)
* Stone v. Graham, 449 U.S. 39 (1980)
* Wallace v. Jaffree, 472 U.S. 38 (1985)
* Edwards v. Aguillard, 482 U.S. 578 (1987)
* Westside Community Board of Education v. Mergens, 496 U.S. 226 (1990)
* Lee v. Weisman, 505 U.S. 577 (1992)
* Santa Fe Independent School District v. Doe, 530 U.S. 290 (2000)
* Elk Grove Unified School District v. Newdow, 542 U.S. 1 (2004)
* Kennedy v. Bremerton School District, No. 21-418, 597 U.S. ___ (2022)

### Religious institution functioning as a government agency

* Larkin v. Grendel's Den, Inc., 459 U.S. 116 (1982)
* Board of Education of Kiryas Joel Village School District v. Grumet, 512 U.S. 687 (1994)

### Standing to sue

* Flast v. Cohen, 392 U.S. 83 (1968)
* Valley Forge Christian College v. Americans United for Separation of Church & State, 454 U.S. 464 (1982)
* Hein v. Freedom From Religion Foundation, 551 U.S. 587 (2007)
* Arizona Christian School Tuition Organization v. Winn, 563 U.S. 125 (2011)

### Statutory religious exemptions

* Walz v. Tax Commission of the City of New York, 397 U.S. 664 (1970)
* Bob Jones University v. United States, 461 U.S. 574 (1983)
* Estate of Thornton v. Caldor, Inc., 472 U.S. 703 (1985)
* Corporation of Presiding Bishop of Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints v. Amos, 483 U.S. 327 (1987)
* Texas Monthly, Inc. v. Bullock, 489 U.S. 1 (1989)
* City of Boerne v. Flores, 521 U.S. 507 (1997)
* Cutter v. Wilkinson, 544 U.S. 709 (2005)

### Unequal government treatment of different religious groups

* Larson v. Valente, 456 U.S. 228 (1982)

### Abortion and contraception

* Harris v. McRae, 448 U.S. 297 (1980)
* Bowen v. Kendrick, 487 U.S. 589 (1988)

### Other

* Torcaso v. Watkins (1961)
* McDaniel v. Paty (1978)
* Trump v. Hawaii (2018)

## The free exercise of religion
### Exclusion of religion from public benefits

* Locke v. Davey, 540 U.S. 712 (2004)
* Trinity Lutheran Church of Columbia, Inc. v. Comer, No. 15-577, 582 U.S. ___ (2017)
* Espinoza v. Montana Department of Revenue, No. 18-1195, 591 U.S. ___ (2020)
* Carson v. Makin, No. 20-1088, 596 U.S. ___ (2022)
* Oklahoma Statewide Charter School Board v. Drummond, No. 24-394, ___ U.S. ___ (2025)

### Polygamy

* Reynolds v. United States (1878)
* Davis v. Beason (1890)

### Free exercise and eminent domain

* Lyng v. Northwest Indian Cemetery Protective Association (1988)
* City of Boerne v. Flores (1997)

### Free exercise and free speech

* R. A. V. v. City of St. Paul (1992)
* Good News Club v. Milford Central School (2001)
* Gonzales v. O Centro Espirita Beneficente Uniao do Vegetal (2006)
* Fulton v. City of Philadelphia (2021)

### Free exercise and public education

* Wisconsin v. Yoder (1972)
* Widmar v. Vincent (1981)
* Westside Community Board of Education v. Mergens (1990)
* Lamb's Chapel v. Center Moriches Union Free School District (1993)
* Rosenberger v. Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia (1995)
* Kennedy v. Bremerton School District, No. 21-418, 597 U.S. ___ (2022)

### Free exercise and public property

* Capitol Square Review and Advisory Board v. Pinette (1995)

### Internal religious affairs (also involving the Establishment Clause)

* Watson v. Jones, 80 U.S. (13 Wall.) 679 (1872)
* United States v. Ballard, 322 U.S. 78 (1944)
* Kedroff v. St. Nicholas Cathedral of Russian Orthodox Church in North America, 344 U.S. 94 (1952)
* Kreshik v. St. Nicholas Cathedral, 363 U.S. 190 (1960)
* Presbyterian Church v. Hull Church, 393 U.S. 440 (1969)
* Serbian Eastern Orthodox Diocese for the United States of America & Canada v. Milivojevich, 426 U.S. 696 (1976)
* Jones v. Wolf, 443 U.S. 595 (1979)
* Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San Juan v. Acevedo Feliciano, No. 18-921, 589 U.S. ___ (2020)

#### Ministerial exception

* Hosanna-Tabor Evangelical Lutheran Church & School v. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, 565 U.S. 171 (2012)
* Our Lady of Guadalupe School v. Morrissey-Berru, No. 19-267, 591 U.S. ___ (2020)

### Religion and the right to work

* Sherbert v. Verner (1963)
* Trans World Airlines v. Hardison (1977)
* Ohio Civil Rights Commission v. Dayton Christian Schools (1986)
* Corporation of Presiding Bishop of Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints v. Amos (1987)
* Employment Division v. Smith (1990)

### Religious tests for public service or benefits

* Torcaso v. Watkins (1961)
* McDaniel v. Paty (1978)
* Thomas v. Review Board of the Indiana Employment Security Division (1981)
* Goldman v. Weinberger (1986)
* Bowen v. Roy (1986)

### Ritual sacrifice of animals

* Church of Lukumi Babalu Aye v. City of Hialeah (1993)

### Solicitation by religious groups

* Cantwell v. Connecticut (1940)
* Minersville School District v. Gobitis (1940)
* Cox v. New Hampshire (1941)
* Jones v. City of Opelika (I) (1942)
* Marsh v. Alabama (1942)
* Murdock v. Pennsylvania (1943)
* Jones v. City of Opelika (II) (1943)
* West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette (1943)
* Prince v. Massachusetts (1944)
* Heffron v. International Society for Krishna Consciousness (1981)
* Watchtower Society v. Village of Stratton (2002)

### Statutory religious exemptions
#### Religious Freedom Restoration Act

* Gonzales v. O Centro Espírita Beneficente União do Vegetal, 546 U.S. 418 (2006)
* Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc., 573 U.S. 682 (2014)
* Zubik v. Burwell, No. 14-1418, 578 U.S. ___ (2016)
* Little Sisters of the Poor Saints Peter and Paul Home v. Pennsylvania, No. 19-431, 591 U.S. ___ (2020)
* Tanzin v. Tanvir, No. 19-71, 592 U.S. ___ (2020)

#### Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act

* Sossamon v. Texas, 563 U.S. 277 (2011)
* Holt v. Hobbs, 574 U.S. 352 (2015)
* Ramirez v. Collier, No. 21-5592, 595 U.S. ___ (2022)

### Other

* Sause v. Bauer, No. 17-742, 585 U.S. ___ (2018)
* Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn v. Cuomo (2020)
* Tandon v. Newsom (2021)

## Freedom of speech

* Freedom of speech portal

### Campaign finance

* Buckley v. Valeo, 424 U.S. 1 (1976)
* First National Bank of Boston v. Bellotti, 435 U.S. 765 (1978)
* California Medical Association v. FEC, 453 U.S. 182 (1981)
* Citizens Against Rent Control v. City of Berkeley, 454 U.S. 290 (1981)
* FEC v. National Right to Work Committee, 459 U.S. 197 (1982)
* FEC v. National Conservative PAC, 470 U.S. 480 (1985)
* FEC v. Massachusetts Citizens for Life, 479 U.S. 238 (1986)
* Eu v. S.F. Cty. Democratic Cent. Comm., 489 U.S. 214 (1989)
* Austin v. Michigan Chamber of Commerce, 494 U.S. 652 (1990)
* Colorado Republican Federal Campaign Committee v. FEC, 518 U.S. 604 (1996)
* Nixon v. Shrink Missouri Government PAC, 528 U.S. 377 (2000)
* FEC v. Colorado Republican Federal Campaign Committee, 533 U.S. 431 (2001)
* Republican Party of Minnesota v. White, 536 U.S. 765 (2002)
* FEC v. Beaumont, 539 U.S. 146 (2003)
* McConnell v. FEC, 540 U.S. 93 (2003)
* Wisconsin Right to Life, Inc. v. FEC, 546 U.S. 410 (2006)
* Randall v. Sorrell, 548 U.S. 230 (2006)
* FEC v. Wisconsin Right to Life, Inc., 551 U.S. 449 (2007)
* Davis v. FEC, 554 U.S. 724 (2008)
* Citizens United v. FEC, 558 U.S. 310 (2010)
* Arizona Free Enterprise Club's Freedom Club PAC v. Bennett, 564 U.S. 721 (2011)
* American Tradition Partnership, Inc. v. Bullock, 567 U.S. 516 (2012)
* McCutcheon v. FEC, 572 U.S. 185 (2014)
* Williams-Yulee v. Florida Bar, No. 13-1499, 575 U.S. ___ (2015)
* Thompson v. Hebdon, No. 19-122, 589 U.S. ___ (2019)
* FEC v. Ted Cruz for Senate, No. 21-12, 596 U.S. ___ (2022)

### 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)
* 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 (1940)
* West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette (1943)
* Miami Herald Publishing Co. v. Tornillo (1974)
* Wooley v. Maynard (1977)
* Agency for International Development v. Alliance for Open Society (2013)
* National Institute of Family and Life Advocates v. Becerra (2018)
* 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 (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)
* Counterman v. Colorado (2023)

### Freedom of assembly and public forums

* 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, 555 U.S. 460 (2009)
* Walker v. Texas Division, Sons of Confederate Veterans (2015)
* Matal v. Tam (2017)
* Iancu v. Brunetti (2019)
* Shurtleff v. City of Boston, No. 20-1800, 596 U.S. ___ (2022)

### 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, No. 20-804, 595 U.S. ___ (2022)

#### 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)
* 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. FCC (1968)
* CBS v. Democratic National Committee (1973)
* FCC v. League of Women Voters of California (1984)
* FCC v. Pacifica Foundation (1989)
* Turner Broadcasting v. FCC (1995)
* Bartnicki v. Vopper 532 U.S. 514 (2001)
* FCC v. Fox Television Stations, Inc. I (2009)
* 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 (1980)
* 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, 92 U.S. 542 (1876)
* Presser v. Illinois, 116 U.S. 252 (1886)
* De Jonge v. Oregon, 299 U.S. 353 (1937)
* Thomas v. Collins, 323 U.S. 516 (1945)
* National Socialist Party of America v. Village of Skokie, 432 U.S. 43 (1977)

## Freedom of association

* Joint Anti-Fascist Refugee Committee v. McGrath (1951)
* Watkins v. United States (1957)
* Sweezy v. New Hampshire (1957)
* 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, No. 19-251, 594 U.S. ___ (2021)

## 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)
* Feres v United States (1985)
* 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)