Skip to main content
Independent · not a government site

1998 term · Rehnquist Court · 6-3

Victoria Buckley, Secretary of State of Colorado v. American Constitutional Law Foundation, Inc., et al.

525 U.S. 182 · 119 S. Ct. 636 · 1999 U.S. LEXIS 506

The record

Term
1998
Decided
Issue area
First Amendment
Vote split
6-3
Winning party
Respondent
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Rehnquist Court
Disposition
Affirmed
Docket
97-930
U.S. Reports
525 U.S. 182
S. Ct. citation
119 S. Ct. 636
LEXIS citation
1999 U.S. LEXIS 506

How the bench divided

M 5 majorityC 1 concurringD 3 dissenting

How each justice voted in Victoria Buckley, Secretary of State of Colorado v. American Constitutional Law Foundation, Inc., et al.
JusticeVote
John Paul StevensMajority
Antonin ScaliaMajority
Anthony KennedyMajority
David SouterMajority
Ruth Bader GinsburgMajority
Clarence ThomasSpecial concurrence
William RehnquistDissent
Sandra Day O'ConnorDissent
Stephen BreyerDissent

Same issue area

Decisions the Court reached on the same question, nearest in time to this one. First Amendment accounts for 703 of the 9,277 decisions in this dataset.

Browse all First Amendment decisions →