FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION v. NRA POLITICAL VICTORY FUND et al. (1994)

FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION v. NRA POLITICAL VICTORY FUND et al.
	Term: 1994
Important Dates
	Argued: October 11, 1994
	Decided: December 6, 1994
Outcome
	Petition denied or appeal dismissed
Vote
	7-1
Majority
	Stephen Breyer • Anthony Kennedy • Sandra Day O'Connor • William Rehnquist • Antonin Scalia • David Souter • Clarence Thomas
Dissenting
	John Paul Stevens

FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION v. NRA POLITICAL VICTORY FUND et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on December 6, 1994. The case was argued before the court on October 11, 1994.

In a 7-1 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the case. The case originated from the U.S. Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit (includes the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia but not the District of Columbia Court of Appeals, which has local jurisdiction).

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About the case

Subject matter: Judicial Power - Supreme Court's certiorari, writ of error, or appeals jurisdiction
Petitioner: Federal Election Commission
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Political action committee
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 513 U.S. 88
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: William Rehnquist

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.