- Renton v. Playtime Theatres, Inc.
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Renton v. Playtime Theatres, Inc.
Supreme Court of the United StatesArgued November 12, 1985
Decided February 25, 1986Full case name City of Renton et al. v. Playtime Theatres, Inc., et al. Prior history Reversed and remanded, 748 F.2d 527 (9th Cir. 1984). Certiorari granted. Holding The restriction imposed by Renton's ordinance was a permissible, content-neutral time/place/manner regulation. Court membership Chief Justice
Warren E. BurgerAssociate Justices
William J. Brennan, Jr. · Byron White
Thurgood Marshall · Harry Blackmun
Lewis F. Powell, Jr. · William Rehnquist
John P. Stevens · Sandra Day O'ConnorCase opinions Majority Rehnquist, joined by Burger, White, Powell, Stevens & O'Connor Concurrence Blackmun Dissent Brennan, joined by Marshall Laws applied U.S. Const. amend. I Renton v. Playtime Theatres, Inc., 475 U.S. 41 (1986),[1] was a case in which the Supreme Court of the United States held that localities may impose regulations prohibiting adult theaters from operating within certain areas, finding that the regulation in question was a content-neutral time/place/manner restriction.
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