Home > Great American Court Cases > O'Hare Truck Service, Inc. v. City of Northlake

Legal Citation: 518 U.S. 712 (1996)

Petitioner
O'Hare Truck Service, Inc.

Respondent
City of Northlake

Petitioner's Claim
That the removal of the truck service from the city's list of contractors was based on the owner's support for another political candidate, and therefore abridged his freedom of association.

Chief Lawyer for Petitioner
Harvey Grossman

Chief Lawyer for Respondent
Gary Feiersel

Justices for the Court
Stephen Breyer, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Anthony M. Kennedy (writing for the Court), Sandra Day O'Connor, William H. Rehnquist, John Paul Stevens, David H. Souter

Justices Dissenting
Antonin Scalia, Clarence Thomas

Place
Washington, D.C.

Date of Decision
28 June 1996

Decision
The Court reversed the lower courts' rulings that free speech...