Posadas de Puerto Rico Associates v. Tourism Company of Puerto Rico

478 U.S. 328 · Decided July 1, 1986 · Supreme Court of the United States

At a glance

Posadas de Puerto Rico Associates v. Tourism Company of Puerto Rico was decided on July 1, 1986 by a vote of 5–4. The Court affirmed the lower court's decision. Justice William H. Rehnquist wrote the opinion of the Court. SCDB classifies its main issue as “Commercial speech, excluding attorneys” in the First Amendment area.

Read the opinion

• CourtListener (Free Law Project) — opinion text
• Library of Congress — official U.S. Reports scan

Case details

How the Justices voted

Full case caption

Posadas de Puerto Rico Associates, Dba Condado Holiday Inn v. Tourism Company of Puerto Rico et al.

SCDB identifiers: case 1985-150, docket 1985-150-01.

Related decisions

Other cases on “Commercial speech, excluding attorneys”

• Pacific Gas & Electric Co. v. Public Utilities Commission of CaliforniaLaw held unconstitutional
  475 U.S. 1Decided February 25, 19865–3Lewis F. Powell Jr.
• Board of Trustees of the State University of New York v. Fox
  492 U.S. 469Decided June 29, 19896–3Antonin Scalia
• Bolger v. Youngs Drug Products Corp.Law held unconstitutional
  463 U.S. 60Decided June 24, 19838–0Thurgood Marshall
• Metromedia, Inc. v. City of San DiegoLaw held unconstitutional
  453 U.S. 490Decided July 2, 19816–3Byron R. White
• Central Hudson Gas & Electric Corp. v. Public Service Commission of New YorkLaw held unconstitutional
  447 U.S. 557Decided June 20, 19808–1Lewis F. Powell Jr.
• City of Cincinnati v. Discovery Network, Inc.Law held unconstitutional
  507 U.S. 410Decided March 24, 19936–3John Paul Stevens

See all

Cases on the same legal provision: Fourteenth Amendment (equal protection)

• Davis v. Bandemer
  478 U.S. 109Decided June 30, 19866–3Byron R. White
• Attorney General of New York v. Soto-LopezLaw held unconstitutional
  476 U.S. 898Decided June 16, 19866–3William J. Brennan Jr.
• Reed v. Campbell
  476 U.S. 852Decided June 11, 19869–0John Paul Stevens
• Wygant v. Jackson Board of Education
  476 U.S. 267Decided May 19, 19865–4Lewis F. Powell Jr.
• Batson v. KentuckyAltered precedent
  476 U.S. 79Decided April 30, 19867–2Lewis F. Powell Jr.
• United States v. Paradise
  480 U.S. 149Decided February 25, 19875–4William J. Brennan Jr.

Same Term, same area (First Amendment)

• Witters v. Washington Department of Services for the Blind
  474 U.S. 481Decided January 27, 19869–0Thurgood Marshall
• Pacific Gas & Electric Co. v. Public Utilities Commission of CaliforniaLaw held unconstitutional
  475 U.S. 1Decided February 25, 19865–3Lewis F. Powell Jr.
• City of Renton v. Playtime Theatres, Inc.
  475 U.S. 41Decided February 25, 19867–2William H. Rehnquist
• Goldman v. Weinberger
  475 U.S. 503Decided March 25, 19865–4William H. Rehnquist
• Bender v. Williamsport Area School District
  475 U.S. 534Decided March 25, 19865–4John Paul Stevens
• Philadelphia Newspapers, Inc. v. HeppsLaw held unconstitutional
  475 U.S. 767Decided April 21, 19865–4Sandra Day O'Connor

See all

Source: Supreme Court Database, 2026 Release 01 (data file dated September 8, 2026). Imported into CaseTrail November 5, 2026. Coverage: decisions from the 1946 through 2025 Terms. Methodology · Report an error