Ward v. Rock Against Racism
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Ward v. Rock Against Racism is a landmark 1989 U.S. Supreme Court case that upheld government regulation of the time, place, and manner of speech in public forums, particularly regarding sound amplification at public events.
All labels observed (1)
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| Ward v. Rock Against Racism canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7476255 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ward v. Rock Against Racism Context triple: [Clark v. Community for Creative Non-Violence, relatedCase, Ward v. Rock Against Racism]
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Clark v. Community for Creative Non-Violence
Clark v. Community for Creative Non-Violence is a 1984 U.S. Supreme Court case that upheld restrictions on symbolic protest camping in public parks, clarifying the limits of expressive conduct protections under the First Amendment.
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B.
S.S. Wimbledon case
The S.S. Wimbledon case was a landmark 1923 decision of the Permanent Court of International Justice that clarified the limits of state sovereignty under international treaty obligations, particularly regarding freedom of navigation through the Kiel Canal.
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C.
Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education
Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education is a landmark 1971 U.S. Supreme Court case that upheld the use of busing and broad equitable powers by federal courts to achieve racial desegregation in public schools.
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D.
Shuttlesworth v. Birmingham
Shuttlesworth v. Birmingham is a 1969 U.S. Supreme Court case in which the Court struck down a city ordinance that gave officials broad discretion to deny parade permits, reinforcing First Amendment protections for civil rights demonstrators.
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E.
Cooley v. Board of Wardens
Cooley v. Board of Wardens is an 1852 U.S. Supreme Court decision that helped define the scope of the Commerce Clause by allowing states to regulate certain local aspects of commerce, such as port pilotage, without violating federal authority.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ward v. Rock Against Racism Target entity description: Ward v. Rock Against Racism is a landmark 1989 U.S. Supreme Court case that upheld government regulation of the time, place, and manner of speech in public forums, particularly regarding sound amplification at public events.
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A.
Clark v. Community for Creative Non-Violence
Clark v. Community for Creative Non-Violence is a 1984 U.S. Supreme Court case that upheld restrictions on symbolic protest camping in public parks, clarifying the limits of expressive conduct protections under the First Amendment.
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B.
S.S. Wimbledon case
The S.S. Wimbledon case was a landmark 1923 decision of the Permanent Court of International Justice that clarified the limits of state sovereignty under international treaty obligations, particularly regarding freedom of navigation through the Kiel Canal.
-
C.
Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education
Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education is a landmark 1971 U.S. Supreme Court case that upheld the use of busing and broad equitable powers by federal courts to achieve racial desegregation in public schools.
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D.
Shuttlesworth v. Birmingham
Shuttlesworth v. Birmingham is a 1969 U.S. Supreme Court case in which the Court struck down a city ordinance that gave officials broad discretion to deny parade permits, reinforcing First Amendment protections for civil rights demonstrators.
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E.
Cooley v. Board of Wardens
Cooley v. Board of Wardens is an 1852 U.S. Supreme Court decision that helped define the scope of the Commerce Clause by allowing states to regulate certain local aspects of commerce, such as port pilotage, without violating federal authority.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States Supreme Court case
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landmark First Amendment case ⓘ |
| areaOfLaw |
First Amendment law
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constitutional law ⓘ freedom of expression ⓘ |
| citation | 491 U.S. 781 ⓘ |
| concurrenceBy | Harry A. Blackmun NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| constitutionalProvisionInterpreted | First Amendment to the United States Constitution NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| court | Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ |
| decisionDate | 1989-06-22 ⓘ |
| dissentBy |
Thurgood Marshall
NERFINISHED
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William J. Brennan Jr. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dissentJoiner | John Paul Stevens NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| docketNumber | 88-600 ⓘ |
| fullCaseName | Ward, Commissioner of Parks and Recreation of the City of New York, et al. v. Rock Against Racism et al. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| governmentInterest |
controlling excessive noise levels
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ensuring sound quality at concerts ⓘ protecting nearby residents from noise ⓘ |
| holding |
Content-neutral time, place, and manner regulations are valid if they are narrowly tailored to serve a significant governmental interest and leave open ample alternative channels for communication of the information.
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New York City’s sound-amplification guidelines for Central Park concerts did not violate the First Amendment. ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| legalIssue |
First Amendment freedom of speech
NERFINISHED
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content-neutral regulation of speech ⓘ public forum doctrine ⓘ time, place, and manner restrictions ⓘ |
| locationOfEvents | Central Park, New York City NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| majorityJoiner |
Antonin Scalia
NERFINISHED
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Byron R. White NERFINISHED ⓘ John Paul Stevens NERFINISHED ⓘ Sandra Day O’Connor NERFINISHED ⓘ William H. Rehnquist NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| majorityOpinionBy | Anthony M. Kennedy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| pageInUnitedStatesReports | 781 ⓘ |
| petitioner | New York City Department of Parks and Recreation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| precedentStatus | binding precedent in U.S. federal courts ⓘ |
| publicForumType | traditional public forum ⓘ |
| regulatingAuthority | City of New York NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| regulationSubject | sound amplification at public concerts ⓘ |
| regulationType | time, place, and manner restriction ⓘ |
| respondent | Rock Against Racism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ruleAnnounced | Narrow tailoring does not require the least restrictive or least intrusive means of serving the government’s interest for content-neutral time, place, and manner regulations. ⓘ |
| speechContext | music concerts in a public park ⓘ |
| standardApplied | intermediate scrutiny ⓘ |
| subsequentCitationAsPrecedentFor |
content-neutral speech regulations
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government regulation of sound amplification ⓘ |
| volumeInUnitedStatesReports | 491 ⓘ |
| yearDecided | 1989 ⓘ |
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