46 Cited authorities

  1. Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc.

    477 U.S. 242 (1986)   Cited 235,819 times   38 Legal Analyses
    Holding that summary judgment is not appropriate if "the dispute about a material fact is ‘genuine,’ that is, if the evidence is such that a reasonable jury could return a verdict for the nonmoving party"
  2. Adickes v. Kress Co.

    398 U.S. 144 (1970)   Cited 25,012 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Holding that a private person who conspires with government actors to deprive a plaintiff of her constitutional rights acts "under color of law" for purposes of § 1983
  3. Central Hudson Gas Elec. v. Public Serv. Comm'n

    447 U.S. 557 (1980)   Cited 2,052 times   105 Legal Analyses
    Holding that a restriction on commercial speech must directly advance a substantial governmental interest
  4. Va. Pharmacy Bd. v. Va. Consumer Council

    425 U.S. 748 (1976)   Cited 1,730 times   5 Legal Analyses
    Holding society and consumers both have a strong interest "in the free flow of commercial information"
  5. Hurley v. Irish-American Gay, Lesbian Bisexual Group

    515 U.S. 557 (1995)   Cited 694 times   4 Legal Analyses
    Holding that a marcher's message will likely be attributed to the parade organizer's, since "every participating unit" in a parade "affects the [overall] message"
  6. Riley v. National Federation of Blind

    487 U.S. 781 (1988)   Cited 686 times   6 Legal Analyses
    Holding that the First Amendment prohibits state restriction on the amount a charity may pay a professional fundraiser
  7. Wooley v. Maynard

    430 U.S. 705 (1977)   Cited 946 times   2 Legal Analyses
    Holding that a state cannot require a citizen to display the state motto, "Live Free or Die," on their license plate
  8. Zauderer v. Office of Disciplinary Counsel

    471 U.S. 626 (1985)   Cited 607 times   54 Legal Analyses
    Holding that attorney advertisement promising "if there is no recovery, no legal fees are owed by our clients" was potentially misleading because "members of the public are often unaware of the technical meanings of such terms as 'fees' and 'costs' — terms that, in ordinary usage, might well be virtually interchangeable"
  9. Trans World Airlines, Inc. v. Hardison

    432 U.S. 63 (1977)   Cited 750 times   62 Legal Analyses
    Holding that to leave the employershort-handed would involve costs to the employer “in the form of lost efficiency”
  10. Miami Herald Publishing Co. v. Tornillo

    418 U.S. 241 (1974)   Cited 466 times   2 Legal Analyses
    Holding unconstitutional a state law that required newspapers to provide "right to reply" to any candidate who was personally or professionally assailed in order to eliminate the "abuses of bias and manipulative reportage" by the press
  11. Rule 56 - Summary Judgment

    Fed. R. Civ. P. 56   Cited 328,160 times   158 Legal Analyses
    Holding a party may move for summary judgment on any part of any claim or defense in the lawsuit