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LINMARK ASSOCIATES, INC. v. WILLINGBORO

No. 76-357.

431 U.S. 85 (1977)

LINMARK ASSOCIATES, INC., ET AL. v. TOWNSHIP OF WILLINGBORO ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 2, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John P. Hauch, Jr., argued the cause for petitioners. With him on the brief was Thomas L. Earp.

Myron H. Gottlieb argued the cause and filed a brief for respondents.*

Briefs of amici curiae urging affirmance were filed by Jack Greenberg, Charles Stephen Ralston, and Melvyn R. Leventhal for the N. A. A. C. P. Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc.; by Paul R. Donaldson and Donald K. Barclay for the cities of Shaker Heights and Cleveland Heights, Ohio; by Burton R. Shifman for the city of Oak Park, Mich.; and by Housing Advocates, Inc.

MR. JUSTICE MARSHALL delivered the opinion of the Court.

This case presents the question whether the First Amendment permits a municipality to prohibit the posting of "For Sale" or "Sold" signs when the municipality acts to stem what it perceives as the flight of white homeowners from a racially integrated community.

Petitioner Linmark Associates, a New Jersey corporation, owned a piece of realty in the township of Willingboro, N. J. Petitioner decided to...

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