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Case Categories: Noise Regulations
- Grayned v. City of Rockford (1972)
In Grayned v. City of Rockford, the Supreme Court ruled that a city’s anti-picketing ordinance was over broad, but their anti-noise ordinance was...
- Saia v. New York (1948)
Saia v. New York (1948) invalidated a sound truck ordinance that allowed the police chief to act as a censor on speech for violating the First Amendment...
- Ward v. Rock against Racism (1989)
Ward v. Rock against Racism (1989) ruled that cities could control the volume of amplified music at rock concerts without violating the First Amendment...
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