List of United States Supreme Court cases involving the First Amendment

The establishment of religion

Standing to sue

• Flast v. Cohen
• Valley Forge Christian College v. Americans United for Separation of Church & State

  Tax exemption to religious institutions

• Walz v. Tax Commission of the City of New York
• Bob Jones University v. United States
• Texas Monthly, Inc. v. Bullock

  Legislative chaplains

• Marsh v. Chambers
• Town of Greece v. Galloway

  Government-sponsored religious displays

• Lynch v. Donnelly
• Board of Trustees of Scarsdale v. McCreary
• County of Allegheny v. ACLU Greater Pittsburgh Chapter
• McCreary County v. ACLU of Kentucky
• Van Orden v. Perry
• Pleasant Grove City v. Summum

  Religion in public education

• McCollum v. Board of Education
• Zorach v. Clauson
• Engel v. Vitale
• Abington School District v. Schempp
• Epperson v. Arkansas
• Stone v. Graham
• Rosenberger v. University of Virginia
• Agostini v. Felton
• Mitchell v. Helms

  Prayer in public schools

• Wallace v. Jaffree
• Lee v. Weisman
• Santa Fe Independent School Dist. v. Doe
• Elk Grove Unified School District v. Newdow

  Teaching of creationism in public schools

• Edwards v. Aguillard

  Governmental aid to church-related schools

• Cochran v. Louisiana State Board of Education
• Everson v. Board of Education
• Abington School District v. Schempp
• Board of Education v. Allen
• Lemon v. Kurtzman pp
• Tilton v. Richardson
• Committee for Public Education and Religious Liberty v. Nyquist
• Meek v. Pittenger
• Roemer v. Board of Public Works of Maryland
• Wolman v. Walter
• Committee for Public Education and Religious Liberty v. Regan
• Mueller v. Allen
• Aguilar v. Felton
• Grand Rapids School District v. Ball
• Zobrest v. Catalina Foothills School District
• Zelman v. Simmons-Harris
• Arizona Christian School Tuition Organization v. Winn

  Blue laws

• McGowan v. Maryland
• Braunfeld v. Brown
• Gallagher v. Crown Kosher Super Market of Mass., Inc.
• Thornton v. Caldor

  Religious institution functioning as a government agency

• Larkin v. Grendel’s Den
• Bowen v. Kendrick
• Board of Education of Kiryas Joel Village School v. Grumet

  Unequal government treatment of religious groups

• Larson v. Valente

  The free exercise of religion

Polygamy

• Reynolds v. United States
• Davis v. Beason

  Religion and the right to work

• Sherbert v. Verner
• Trans World Airlines v. Hardison
• Ohio Civil Rights Commission v. Dayton Christian Schools
• Corporation of Presiding Bishop of Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints v. Amos
• Employment Division v. Smith

  Religious tests for public service or benefits

• Chaplinsky v. New Hampshire
• Torcaso v. Watkins
• McDaniel v. Paty
• Thomas v. Review Board of the Indiana Employment Security Division
• Goldman v. Weinberger
• Bowen v. Roy

  Free exercise and free speech

• R. A. V. v. City of St. Paul
• Good News Club v. Milford Central School
• Gonzales v. O Centro Espirita Beneficente Uniao do Vegetal

  Free exercise and public education

• Wisconsin v. Yoder
• Widmar v. Vincent
• Board of Education of the Westside Community Schools v. Mergens
• Lamb's Chapel v. Center Moriches Union Free School District
• Rosenberger v. Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia

  Free Exercise and public property

• Capitol Square Review and Advisory Board v. Pinette

  Solicitation by religious groups

• Cantwell v. Connecticut
• Minersville School District v. Gobitis
• Cox v. New Hampshire
• Jones v. City of Opelika
• Marsh v. Alabama
• Murdock v. Pennsylvania
• Jones v. City of Opelika
• West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette
• Prince v. Massachusetts
• Heffron v. International Society for Krishna Consciousness

  Free exercise and eminent domain

• Lyng v. Northwest Indian Cemetery Protective Association
• City of Boerne v. Flores

  Ritual sacrifice of animals

• Church of Lukumi Babalu Aye v. City of Hialeah

  Government intervention in church controversies

• United States v. Ballard
• Kedroff v. Saint Nicholas Cathedral
• Presbyterian Church v. Hull Church
• Jones v. Wolf
• Hosanna-Tabor Evangelical Lutheran Church and School v. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

  Freedom of speech

Sedition and imminent danger

• Debs v. United States
• Schenck v. United States
• Abrams v. United States
• Gitlow v. New York
• Whitney v. California
• Dennis v. United States
• Communist Party v. Subversive Activities Control Board
• Yates v. United States
• Brandenburg v. Ohio

  False speech

• United States v. Alvarez
• Susan B. Anthony List v. Driehaus

  Fighting words and the heckler's veto

• Cantwell v. Connecticut
• Chaplinsky v. New Hampshire
• Terminiello v. Chicago
• Feiner v. New York
• National Socialist Party of America v. Village of Skokie
• R. A. V. v. City of St. Paul
• Snyder v. Phelps

  Freedom of assembly and public forums

• Hague v. CIO
• Schneider v. New Jersey
• Martin v. Struthers
• NAACP v. Alabama
• Edwards v. South Carolina
• Cox v. Louisiana
• Brown v. Louisiana
• Adderley v. Florida
• Carroll v. Princess Anne
• Coates v. Cincinnati
• Organization for a Better Austin v. Keefe
• Southeastern Promotions, Ltd. v. Conrad
• Pruneyard Shopping Center v. Robins
• Christian Legal Society v. Martinez

  Time, place and manner

• Chicago Police Dept. v. Mosley
• Grayned v. City of Rockford
• Ward v. Rock Against Racism
• Schenck v. Pro-Choice Network of Western New York
• Hill v. Colorado
• McCullen v. Coakley

  Symbolic speech

• United States v. O'Brien
• Cohen v. California
• Texas v. Johnson
• United States v. Eichman
• City of Erie v. Pap's A.M.
• Virginia v. Black

  [Compelled speech]

• Minersville School District v. Gobitis
• West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette
• Wooley v. Maynard
• Agency for International Development v. Alliance for Open Society

  Compelled subsidy for speech of others

• Abood v. Detroit Board of Education
• Communications Workers of America v. Beck
• Chicago Local Teachers Union v. Hudson
• Keller v. State Bar of California
• Lehnert v. Ferris Faculty Ass'n
• Glickman v. Wileman Brothers & Elliott Inc.
• Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System v. Southworth
• United States v. United Foods, Inc.
• Johanns v. Livestock Marketing Association
• Davenport v. Washington Education Association
• Locke v. Karass
• Knox v. Service Employees International Union, Local 1000
• Harris v. Quinn
• Friedrichs v. California Teachers Ass'n
• Janus v. AFSCME

  Loyalty oaths and affirmations

• American Communications Association v. Douds
• Garner v. Board of Public Works,
• Adler v. Board of Ed. of City of New York,
• Wieman v. Updegraff,
• Speiser v. Randall,
• Cramp v. Board of Public Instruction,
• Keyishian v. Board of Regents,
• Communist Party of Indiana v. Whitcomb,

  School speech

• Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District
• Board of Education v. Pico
• Bethel School District No. 403 v. Fraser
• Hazelwood School District v. Kuhlmeier
• Poling v. Murphy
• Guiles v. Marineau
• Morse v. Frederick

  Obscenity

Generally

• Roth v. United States
• Alberts v. California,
• One, Inc. v. Olesen,
• MANual Enterprises v. Day,
• Jacobellis v. Ohio
• Memoirs v. Massachusetts,
• Kois v. Wisconsin
• Miller v. California
• Jenkins v. Georgia
• New York v. Ferber
• Osborne v. Ohio
• United States v. Stevens

  As criminal offense

• Rosen v. United States
• Butler v. Michigan
• Smith v. California,
• Ginzburg v. United States,
• Mishkin v. New York,
• Redrup v. New York
• Ginsberg v. New York
• Stanley v. Georgia
• Blount v. Rizzi
• United States v. Reidel
• Heller v. New York
• United States v. Orito
• Erznoznik v. City of Jacksonville
• United States v. X-Citement Video

  Search, seizure and forfeiture

• Marcus v. Search Warrant,
• Quantity of Books v. Kansas
• Lee Art Theatre, Inc. v. Virginia
• United States v. Thirty-seven Photographs
• United States v. 12 200-ft. Reels of Film
• Roaden v. Kentucky
• Lo-Ji Sales, Inc., v. New York
• Maryland v. Macon
• New York v. P.J. Video, Inc.

  Civil and administrative regulation

• Mutual Film Corp. v. Industrial Commission of Ohio
• Joseph Burstyn, Inc. v. Wilson
• Kingsley Books, Inc. v. Brown
• Kingsley Int'l Pictures Corp. v. Regents of Univ. of N. Y.
• Times Film Corp. v. Chicago
• Bantam Books v. Sullivan
• Freedman v. Maryland
• Paris Adult Theatre I v. Slaton
• Young v. American Mini Theatres
• Renton v. Playtime Theatres, Inc.
• United States v. Playboy Entertainment Group

  Internet

• Reno v. American Civil Liberties Union
• Ashcroft v. American Civil Liberties Union
• Ashcroft v. Free Speech Coalition''

  Government-funded speech

• Rust v. Sullivan
• Legal Services Corp. v. Velazquez

Speech by public employees

• Pickering v. Board of Education
• Board of Regents of State Colleges v. Roth
• Perry v. Sindermann
• Madison School District v. Wisconsin Employment Relations Commission
• Mt. Healthy City School District Board of Education v. Doyle
• Givhan v. Western Line Consolidated School District
• Snepp v. United States
• Connick v. Myers
• Rankin v. McPherson
• Waters v. Churchill
• United States v. National Treasury Employees Union
• Board of Commissioners, Wabaunsee County v. Umbehr,
• San Diego v. Roe
• Garcetti v. Ceballos
• Borough of Duryea v. Guarnieri
• Lane v. Franks
• Heffernan v. City of Paterson

  Political activity and [Hatch Act of 1939]

• Ex parte Curtis
• United Public Workers v. Mitchell
• United States Civil Service Commission v. National Association of Letter Carriers
• Broadrick v. Oklahoma
• Elrod v. Burns
• Branti v. Finkel

  Commercial speech

• Valentine v. Chrestensen
• Rowan v. U.S. Post Office Dept.
• Pittsburgh Press Co. v. Pittsburgh Commission on Human Relations
• Lehman v. Shaker Heights
• Bigelow v. Commonwealth of Virginia
• Virginia State Pharmacy Board v. Virginia Citizens Consumer Council
• Bates v. State Bar of Arizona
• Linmark Associates, Inc. v. Willingboro
• Ohralik v. Ohio State Bar Assn.
• Friedman v. Rogers
• Central Hudson Gas & Electric Corp. v. Public Service Commission
• Consol. Edison Co. v. Public Serv. Comm'n
• Hoffman Estates v. The Flipside, Hoffman Estates, Inc.
• Bolger v. Youngs Drug Products Corp.
• Edenfield v. Fane
• 44 Liquormart, Inc. v. Rhode Island
• Expressions Hair Design v. Schneiderman
• Iancu v. Brunetti

  Official retaliation

• Lozman v. City of Riviera Beach
• Nieves v. Bartlett

  Freedom of the press

Prior restraints and censorship

• Near v. Minnesota
• Lovell v. City of Griffin
• Brandenburg v. Ohio
• New York Times Co. v. United States
• Miami Herald Publishing Co. v. Tornillo
• Nebraska Press Assn. v. Stuart
• Houchins v. KQED, Inc.
• Tory v. Cochran
• Citizens United v. FEC

  Privacy

• Time, Inc. v. Hill
• Cox Broadcasting Corp. v. Cohn
• Richmond Newspapers, Inc. v. Virginia
• Florida Star v. B. J. F.
• Wilson v. Layne

  Taxation and privileges

• Grosjean v. American Press Co.
• Branzburg v. Hayes
• Minneapolis Star Tribune Company v. Commissioner

  Defamation

• Beauharnais v. Illinois
• New York Times Co. v. Sullivan
• Garrison v. Louisiana
• Curtis Publishing Co. v. Butts
• Gertz v. Robert Welch, Inc.
• Time, Inc. v. Firestone
• Bose Corp. v. Consumers Union of United States, Inc.
• Dun & Bradstreet, Inc. v. Greenmoss Builders, Inc.
• McDonald v. Smith
• Hustler Magazine v. Falwell
• Milkovich v. Lorain Journal Co.
• Hoeper v. Air Wisconsin

  Broadcast media

• Red Lion Broadcasting Co. v. FCC
• CBS v. Democratic National Committee
• FCC v. League of Women Voters of California
• FCC v. Pacifica Foundation
• Turner Broadcasting v. FCC

  Government speech

• Walker v. Texas Division, Sons of Confederate Veterans
• Matal v. Tam

  Freedom of association

• Joint Anti-Fascist Refugee Committee v. McGrath
• Watkins v. United States
• Sweezy v. New Hampshire
• NAACP v. Alabama
• Shelton v. Tucker
• Gibson v. Florida Legislative Investigation Committee
• Eastland v. United States Servicemen's Fund
• Abood v. Detroit Board of Education
• In re Primus
• Roberts v. United States Jaycees
• Hurley v. Irish-American Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual Group of Boston
• Boy Scouts of America v. Dale

  Freedom to petition

• United States v. Cruikshank
• Thomas v. Collins
• Eastern Railroad Presidents Conference v. Noerr Motor Freight, Inc.
• NAACP v. Button
• Edwards v. South Carolina
• United Mine Workers v. Pennington
• Cox v. Louisiana
• California Motor Transport Co. v. Trucking Unlimited
• Smith v. Arkansas State Highway Employees
• McDonald v. Smith
• Meyer v. Grant
• Buckley v. American Constitutional Law Foundation
• BE and K Construction Co. V. National Labor Relations Board
• Doe v. Reed
• Borough of Duryea v. Guarnieri