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WILLIAMS-YULEE v. FLORIDA BAR

Term: 2014
Important Dates
Argued: January 20, 2015
Decided: April 29, 2015
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
5-4
Majority
Elena Kagan • John Roberts • Sonia Sotomayor
Concurring
Stephen Breyer • Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Dissenting
Samuel Alito • Anthony Kennedy • Antonin Scalia • Clarence Thomas

WILLIAMS-YULEE v. FLORIDA BAR is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 29, 2015. The case was argued before the court on January 20, 2015.

In a 5-4 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Florida State Supreme 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: Attorney, or person acting as such;includes bar applicant or law student, or law firm or bar association
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 575 U.S. 433
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: John Roberts
Who wrote the majority opinion: John Roberts

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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