FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION v. MASSACHUSETTS CITIZENS FOR LIFE, INC. (1986) - Ballotpedia

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FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION v. MASSACHUSETTS CITIZENS FOR LIFE, INC.

Term: 1986
Important Dates
Argued: October 7, 1986
Decided: December 15, 1986
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
5-4
Majority
William Brennan • Thurgood Marshall • Lewis Powell • Antonin Scalia
Concurring
Sandra Day O'Connor
Dissenting
Harry Blackmun • William Rehnquist • John Paul Stevens • Byron White

FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION v. MASSACHUSETTS CITIZENS FOR LIFE, INC. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on December 15, 1986. The case was argued before the court on October 7, 1986.

In a 5-4 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Massachusetts 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: 479 U.S. 238
How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: William Rehnquist
Who wrote the majority opinion: William Brennan

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.

See also

External links

The Supreme Court Database

Footnotes

↑ 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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