Renton v. Playtime Theatres, Inc.

Renton v. Playtime Theatres, Inc., 475 U.S. 41 (1986), was a case in which the Supreme Court of the United States held that localities may impose regulations prohibiting adult theaters from operating within certain areas, finding that the regulation in question was a content-neutral time/place/manner restriction.[1] The specific restriction at issue was established by Renton, Washington, and prohibited adult theaters within 1,000 feet from any residential zone, single- or multiple-family dwelling, church, park, or school.[2]

Renton v. Playtime Theatres, Inc.
Supreme Court of the United States
Argued November 12, 1985 Decided February 25, 1986
Full case name	City of Renton et al. v. Playtime Theatres, Inc., et al.
Citations	475 U.S. 41 (more) 106 S. Ct. 925; 89 L. Ed. 2d 29; 1986 U.S. LEXIS 2
Case history
Prior	Reversed and remanded, 748 F.2d 527 (9th Cir. 1984).
Holding
The restriction imposed by Renton's ordinance was a permissible, content-neutral time/place/manner regulation.
Court membership
Chief Justice Warren E. Burger Associate Justices William J. Brennan Jr. · Byron White Thurgood Marshall · Harry Blackmun Lewis F. Powell Jr. · William Rehnquist John P. Stevens · Sandra Day O'Connor
Case opinions
Majority	Rehnquist, joined by Burger, White, Powell, Stevens, O'Connor
Concurrence	Blackmun
Dissent	Brennan, joined by Marshall
Laws applied
U.S. Const. amend. I