Concurrence Powell | Date decided 1976 | |
Full case name Young, Mayor of Detroit, et al. v. American Mini Theatres, Incorporated, et al. Citations 427 U.S. 50 (more)
96 S. Ct. 2440; 49 L. Ed. 2d 310; 1976 U.S. LEXIS 3; 1 Media L. Rep. 1151 Majority Stevens (Parts I, II), joined by Burger, White, Powell, Rehnquist Plurality Stevens (Part III), joined by Burger, White, Rehnquist Dissent Stewart, joined by Brennan, Marshall, Blackmun People also search for Renton v. Playtime Theatres, Inc. | ||
Young v. American Mini Theatres, 427 U.S. 50 (1976) is a case in which the Supreme Court of the United States upheld a city ordinance of Detroit, Michigan requiring dispersal of adult businesses throughout the city.
Justice Stevens (writing for the plurality) reasoned that the speech involved here is of lower value, and the city also has a compelling interest in protecting quality of life.
Justice Powell (concurring) disagreed with Stevens’ “lower value speech” argument (thus limiting Part III of the opinion to a plurality), but wrote that this is only a place restriction with a limited effect on speech.
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