1981 term · Burger Court · 9-0
Federal Election Commission v. Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee et al.
454 U.S. 27 · 102 S. Ct. 38 · 1981 U.S. LEXIS 142
The record
- Term
- 1981
- Decided
- Issue area
- First Amendment
- Vote split
- 9-0
- Winning party
- Petitioner
- Decision direction
- Liberal
- Chief Justice
- Burger Court
- Disposition
- Reversed
- Docket
- 80-939
- U.S. Reports
- 454 U.S. 27
- S. Ct. citation
- 102 S. Ct. 38
- LEXIS citation
- 1981 U.S. LEXIS 142
How the bench divided
MMMMMMMMC
M 8 majorityC 1 concurring
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| Thurgood Marshall | Majority |
| William J. Brennan | Majority |
| Byron White | Majority |
| Warren E. Burger | Majority |
| Harry Blackmun | Majority |
| Lewis F. Powell | Majority |
| William Rehnquist | Majority |
| Sandra Day O'Connor | Majority |
| John Paul Stevens | Regular concurrence |
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