Case Categories: Noise Regulations

• Grayned v. City of Rockford (1972)

  In Grayned v. City of Rockford, the Supreme Court ruled that a city’s anti-picketing ordinance was over broad, but their anti-noise ordinance was...

• Saia v. New York (1948)

  Saia v. New York (1948) invalidated a sound truck ordinance that allowed the police chief to act as a censor on speech for violating the First Amendment...

• Ward v. Rock against Racism (1989)

  Ward v. Rock against Racism (1989) ruled that cities could control the volume of amplified music at rock concerts without violating the First Amendment...