Whether the Religion Clauses of the First Amendment prohibit a State from imposing a generally applicable sales and use tax on the distribution of religious materials by a religious organizations.
Whether a Dallas ordinance licensing "sexually oriented businesses" amounted to a prior restraint on protected expression, violating the First Amendment.
Whether First Amendment principles of academic freedom require a judicial finding of a specific need before peer review materials relating to discrimination charges are disclosed to the EEOC
Whether a California law banning indecent as well as obscene interstate commercial telephone messages violated the First Amendment's free speech guarantee
Whether a New York City regulation requiring performers in Central Park to use the city's sound amplification system and technicians violates the First Amendment