Case Categories: Overbreadth

• Americans for Prosperity Foundation v. Bonta (2021)

  In Americans for Prosperity v. Bonta, the U.S. Supreme Court invalidated a California requirement that charities share the names of donors who contributed more...

• Board of Airport Commissioners of the City of Los Angeles v. Jews for Jesus, Inc. (1987)

  Board of Airport Commissioners of the City of Los Angeles v. Jews for Jesus, Inc. (1987) invalidated an airport rule declaring the terminal closed to First...

• City of Houston v. Hill (1987)

  City of Houston v. Hill (1987) found that a Houston ordinance prohibiting verbal abuse of police officers to a criminalization of First Amendment protected...

• Dombrowski v. Pfister (1965)

  Dombrowski v. Pfister (1965) said federal courts may step in when a state statute substantially chills First Amendment free expression through overbreadth...

• Gooding v. Wilson (1972)

  Gooding v. Wilson (1972) limited the scope of the “fighting words” exception to the First Amendment and enhanced the development of the overbreadth doctrine...

• Iancu v. Brunetti (2019)

  In this Iancu v. Brunetti, the U.S. Supreme Court in 2019 invalidated a provision of federal trademark law that prohibited “immoral or scandalous” marks....

• Lewis v. City of New Orleans (1974)

  Lewis v. City of New Orleans (1974) overturned a conviction for cursing at police, saying the state law was overly broad and thus violated the First Amendment...

• Packingham v. North Carolina (2017)

  Packingham v. North Carolina (2017) invalidated a state law prohibiting sex offenders from accessing social media. The court said the law barred First Amendment...

• Simon and Schuster v. Members of the New York State Crime Victims Board (1991)

  In Simon and Schuster v. New York State Crime Victims Board (1991), the Supreme Court said that New York's Son of Sam law violated the First Amendment...

• United States v. Orito (1973)

  Although the First Amendment protects the right of an individual to possess pornography inside his home, the right does not extend to transporting material, the...

• United States v. Stevens (2010)

  In 2010, the Supreme Court overturned a federal law that made it a crime to create, sell or distribute images depicting animal cruelty for commercial purposes....