NEIL RANDALL, et al. v. WILLIAM H. SORRELL et al. (2006)

NEIL RANDALL, et al. v. WILLIAM H. SORRELL et al.
	Term: 2005
Important Dates
	Argued: February 28, 2006
	Decided: June 26, 2006
Outcome
	Reversed and remanded
Vote
	6-3
Judgment of the court
	Stephen Breyer
Majority
	John Roberts
Concurring
	Samuel Alito • Anthony Kennedy • Antonin Scalia • Clarence Thomas
Dissenting
	Ruth Bader Ginsburg • David Souter • John Paul Stevens

NEIL RANDALL, et al. v. WILLIAM H. SORRELL et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 26, 2006. The case was argued before the court on February 28, 2006.

In a 6-3 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 Vermont 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: Political candidate, activist, committee, party, party member, organization, or elected official
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 548 U.S. 230
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Judgment of the Court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: John Roberts
Who wrote the majority opinion: Stephen Breyer

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.