Dallas v. Stanglin
| City of Dallas v. Stanglin | |
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| Argued March 1, 1989 Decided April 3, 1989 | |
| Full case name | Dallas v. Stanglin |
| Citations | 490 U.S. 19 (more) 109 S. Ct. 1591; 104 L. Ed. 2d 18 |
| Case history | |
| Prior | Stanglin v. City of Dallas, 744 S.W.2d 165 (Tex. App. 1987), writ denied (Mar. 2, 1988); cert. granted, 488 U.S. 815 (1988) |
| Holding | |
| An ordinance imposing age limits on a teen dance hall does not infringe the First Amendment right of association. | |
| Court membership | |
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| Case opinions | |
| Majority | Rehnquist, joined by Brennan, White, Marshall, O'Connor, Scalia, and Kennedy |
| Concurrence | Stevens (in judgment), joined by Blackmun |
| Laws applied | |
| U.S. Const. Amend. I | |
City of Dallas v. Stanglin, 490 U.S. 19 (1989), was a United States Supreme Court decision considering the First Amendment associational rights of teenagers at a dance hall. The Court upheld an ordinance imposing age limits on teen dance halls, ruling that gathering for recreational dancing is not an "expressive association" under the First Amendment.