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CALIFORNIA MEDICAL ASSOCIATION et al. v. FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION et al. (1981)

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CALIFORNIA MEDICAL ASSOCIATION et al. v. FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION et al.
Term: 1980
Important Dates
Argued: January 19, 1981
Decided: June 26, 1981
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
5-0
Majority
William Brennan • Thurgood Marshall • John Paul Stevens • Byron White
Concurring
Harry Blackmun
Dissenting
Warren Burger • Lewis Powell • William Rehnquist • Potter Stewart

CALIFORNIA MEDICAL ASSOCIATION et al. v. FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 26, 1981. The case was argued before the court on January 19, 1981.

In a 5-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the California Northern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: First Amendment - campaign spending (cf. governmental corruption):
  • Petitioner: physician, MD or DO, dentist, or medical society
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Federal Election Commission
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 453 U.S. 182
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
  • What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: Warren Burger
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Thurgood Marshall

These data points were accessed from The Supreme Court Database, which also attempts to categorize the ideological direction of the court's ruling in each case. This case's ruling was categorized as conservative.

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ Harold J. Spaeth, Lee Epstein, et al., "2023 Supreme Court Database, Version 2023 Release 1 and SCDB Legacy 07," accessed March 21, 2024
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