2006 term · Roberts Court · 5-4
Federal Election Commission v. Wisconsin Right to Life, Inc.
551 U.S. 449 · 127 S. Ct. 2652 · 2007 U.S. LEXIS 8515
The record
- Term
- 2006
- Decided
- Issue area
- First Amendment
- Vote split
- 5-4
- Winning party
- Respondent
- Decision direction
- Conservative
- Chief Justice
- Roberts Court
- Disposition
- Affirmed
- Docket
- 06-969
- U.S. Reports
- 551 U.S. 449
- S. Ct. citation
- 127 S. Ct. 2652
- LEXIS citation
- 2007 U.S. LEXIS 8515
How the bench divided
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M 1 majorityC 4 concurringD 4 dissenting
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| John G. Roberts | Majority |
| Antonin Scalia | Regular concurrence |
| Anthony Kennedy | Regular concurrence |
| Clarence Thomas | Regular concurrence |
| Samuel Alito | Regular concurrence |
| John Paul Stevens | Dissent |
| David Souter | Dissent |
| Ruth Bader Ginsburg | Dissent |
| Stephen Breyer | Dissent |
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