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R.A.V. v. City of St. Paul

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Ruling in R.A.V. v. City of St. Paul, on June 22, 1992, the majority opinion declared, “The ordinance is facially invalid under the First Amendment.”

The question presented was:

Whether “the ordinance was substantially overbroad and impermissibly content based” in violation of the First Amendment.

The opinion

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Published by the Library of Congress.

Oral argument

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The Court's own audio archive begins with the 2010 term, so this argument is held by Oyez rather than by supremecourt.gov.

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