Legal Opinion
City of Dallas v. Stanglin
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided April 3, 1989No. 87-1848PublishedCited by 554 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Rehnquist
Petitioner city of Dallas adopted an ordinance restricting admission to certain dance halls to persons between the ages of 14 and 18. Respondent, the owner of one of these “teenage” dance halls, sued to contest the constitutional validity of the ordinance. The Texas Court of Appeals held that the ordinance violated the First Amendment right of persons between the ages of 14 and 18 to associate with persons out*21side that age group. We now reverse, holding that the First Amendment secures no such right.
In 1985, in response to requests for dance halls open only to teenagers, the city of Dallas…
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