FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION v. CHRISTINE BEAUMONT et al. (2003)

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FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION v. CHRISTINE BEAUMONT et al.
Term: 2002
Important Dates
Argued: March 25, 2003
Decided: June 16, 2003
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
7-2
Majority
Stephen Breyer • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Anthony Kennedy • Sandra Day O'Connor • William Rehnquist • David Souter • John Paul Stevens
Dissenting
Antonin Scalia • Clarence Thomas

FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION v. CHRISTINE BEAUMONT et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 16, 2003. The case was argued before the court on March 25, 2003.

In a 7-2 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the North Carolina Eastern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: First Amendment - campaign spending (cf. governmental corruption):
  • Petitioner: Federal Election Commission
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Nonprofit organization or business
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 539 U.S. 146
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
  • What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: William Rehnquist
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: David Souter

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 liberal.

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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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