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2000 term · Rehnquist Court · 5-4

Federal Election Commission v. Colorado Republican Federal Campaign Committee

533 U.S. 431 · 121 S. Ct. 2351 · 2001 U.S. LEXIS 4668

The record

Term
2000
Decided
Issue area
First Amendment
Vote split
5-4
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Rehnquist Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
00-191
U.S. Reports
533 U.S. 431
S. Ct. citation
121 S. Ct. 2351
LEXIS citation
2001 U.S. LEXIS 4668

How the bench divided

M 5 majorityD 4 dissenting

How each justice voted in Federal Election Commission v. Colorado Republican Federal Campaign Committee.
JusticeVote
John Paul StevensMajority
Sandra Day O'ConnorMajority
David SouterMajority
Ruth Bader GinsburgMajority
Stephen BreyerMajority
William RehnquistDissent
Antonin ScaliaDissent
Anthony KennedyDissent
Clarence ThomasDissent

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