2002 term · Rehnquist Court · 7-2
Federal Election Commission v. Christine Beaumont et al.
539 U.S. 146 · 123 S. Ct. 2200 · 2003 U.S. LEXIS 4595
The record
- Term
- 2002
- Decided
- Issue area
- First Amendment
- Vote split
- 7-2
- Winning party
- Petitioner
- Decision direction
- Liberal
- Chief Justice
- Rehnquist Court
- Disposition
- Reversed
- Docket
- 02-403
- U.S. Reports
- 539 U.S. 146
- S. Ct. citation
- 123 S. Ct. 2200
- LEXIS citation
- 2003 U.S. LEXIS 4595
How the bench divided
MMMMMMMDD
M 7 majorityD 2 dissenting
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| William Rehnquist | Majority |
| John Paul Stevens | Majority |
| Sandra Day O'Connor | Majority |
| Anthony Kennedy | Majority |
| David Souter | Majority |
| Ruth Bader Ginsburg | Majority |
| Stephen Breyer | Majority |
| Antonin Scalia | Dissent |
| Clarence Thomas | Dissent |
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