DAVIS v. FEC (2008)

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DAVIS v. FEC
Term: 2007
Important Dates
Argued: April 22, 2008
Decided: June 26, 2008
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
5-4
Majority
Samuel Alito • Anthony Kennedy • John Roberts • Antonin Scalia • Clarence Thomas
Dissenting
Stephen Breyer • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • David Souter • John Paul Stevens

DAVIS v. FEC is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 26, 2008. The case was argued before the court on April 22, 2008.

In a 5-4 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the District Of Columbia U.S. District Court.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: First Amendment - campaign spending (cf. governmental corruption):
  • Petitioner: Political candidate, activist, committee, party, party member, organization, or elected official
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Federal Election Commission
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 554 U.S. 724
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
  • What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: John Roberts
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Samuel Alito

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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