WISCONSIN RIGHT TO LIFE, INC. v. FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION (2006)

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WISCONSIN RIGHT TO LIFE, INC. v. FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION
Term: 2005
Important Dates
Argued: January 17, 2006
Decided: January 23, 2006
Outcome
Vacated and remanded
Vote
9-0
Majority
Stephen Breyer • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Anthony Kennedy • Sandra Day O'Connor • John Roberts • Antonin Scalia • David Souter • John Paul Stevens • Clarence Thomas

WISCONSIN RIGHT TO LIFE, INC. v. FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 23, 2006. The case was argued before the court on January 17, 2006.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court vacated the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the District Of Columbia U.S. District Court.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: First Amendment - campaign spending (cf. governmental corruption):
  • Petitioner: Public interest organization
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Federal Election Commission
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 546 U.S. 410
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
  • What type of decision was made: Per curiam (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: John Roberts
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Unknown

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.

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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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