2009 term · Roberts Court · 5-4
Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission
558 U.S. 310 · 130 S. Ct. 876 · 2010 U.S. LEXIS 766
The record
- Term
- 2009
- Decided
- Issue area
- First Amendment
- Vote split
- 5-4
- Winning party
- Petitioner
- Decision direction
- Conservative
- Chief Justice
- Roberts Court
- Disposition
- Affirmed and remanded in part
- Docket
- 08-205
- U.S. Reports
- 558 U.S. 310
- S. Ct. citation
- 130 S. Ct. 876
- LEXIS citation
- 2010 U.S. LEXIS 766
How the bench divided
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M 1 majorityC 4 concurringD 4 dissenting
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| Anthony Kennedy | Majority |
| John G. Roberts | Regular concurrence |
| Antonin Scalia | Regular concurrence |
| Clarence Thomas | Regular concurrence |
| Samuel Alito | Regular concurrence |
| John Paul Stevens | Dissent |
| Ruth Bader Ginsburg | Dissent |
| Stephen Breyer | Dissent |
| Sonia Sotomayor | Dissent |
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