R.A.V. v. City of St. Paul
1992 United States Supreme Court case / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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R.A.V. v. City of St. Paul, 505 U.S. 377 (1992), is a case of the United States Supreme Court that unanimously struck down St. Paul's Bias-Motivated Crime Ordinance and reversed the conviction of a teenager, referred to in court documents only as R.A.V., for burning a cross on the lawn of an African-American family since the ordinance was held to violate the First Amendment's protection of freedom of speech.[1] The Court reasoned that an ordinance like this constitutes "viewpoint discrimination" which may have the effect of driving certain ideas from the marketplace of ideas.[2]
Quick Facts R.A.V. v. City of St. Paul, Argued December 4, 1991 Decided June 22, 1992 ...
R.A.V. v. City of St. Paul | |
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Argued December 4, 1991 Decided June 22, 1992 | |
Full case name | R.A.V., Petitioner v. City of St. Paul, Minnesota |
Docket no. | 90-7675 |
Citations | 505 U.S. 377 (more) 112 S. Ct. 2538; 120 L. Ed. 2d 305; 1992 U.S. LEXIS 3863; 60 U.S.L.W. 4667; 92 Cal. Daily Op. Service 5299; 92 Daily Journal DAR 8395; 6 Fla. L. Weekly Fed. S 479 |
Argument | Oral argument |
Case history | |
Prior | Statute upheld as constitutional and charges reinstated, 464 N.W.2d 507 (Minn. 1991) |
Holding | |
The St. Paul Bias-Motivated Crime Ordinance was struck down because the regulation was "content-based," proscribing only activities which conveyed messages concerning particular topics. Judgment of the Supreme Court of Minnesota reversed. | |
Court membership | |
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Case opinions | |
Majority | Scalia, joined by Rehnquist, Kennedy, Souter, Thomas |
Concurrence | White (in judgment), joined by Blackmun, O'Connor; Stevens (except Part I-A) |
Concurrence | Blackmun (in judgment) |
Concurrence | Stevens (in judgment), joined by White, Blackmun (Part I) |
Laws applied | |
U.S. Const., amend. I; St. Paul, Minn., Legis. Code § 292.02 (1990) |
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