2013 term · Roberts Court · 5-4
McCutcheon v. Fec
572 U.S. 185 · 134 S. Ct. 1434 · 2014 U.S. LEXIS 2391
The record
- Term
- 2013
- Decided
- Issue area
- First Amendment
- Vote split
- 5-4
- Winning party
- Petitioner
- Decision direction
- Conservative
- Chief Justice
- Roberts Court
- Disposition
- Reversed and remanded
- Docket
- 12-536
- U.S. Reports
- 572 U.S. 185
- S. Ct. citation
- 134 S. Ct. 1434
- LEXIS citation
- 2014 U.S. LEXIS 2391
How the bench divided
MMMMCDDDD
M 4 majorityC 1 concurringD 4 dissenting
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| Antonin Scalia | Majority |
| Anthony Kennedy | Majority |
| Samuel Alito | Majority |
| John G. Roberts | Judgment of the Court |
| Clarence Thomas | Special concurrence |
| Ruth Bader Ginsburg | Dissent |
| Stephen Breyer | Dissent |
| Sonia Sotomayor | Dissent |
| Elena Kagan | Dissent |
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