Nixon v. Shrink Missouri Government PAC
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Nixon v. Shrink Missouri Government PAC, 528 U.S. 377 (2000), was a case in which the Supreme Court of the United States held that their earlier decision in Buckley v. Valeo (1976),[1] upholding federal limits on campaign contributions also applied to state limits on campaign contributions to state offices.[2]
Quick Facts Nixon v. Shrink Missouri Government PAC, Argued October 5, 1999 Decided January 24, 2000 ...
Nixon v. Shrink Missouri Government PAC | |
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Argued October 5, 1999 Decided January 24, 2000 | |
Full case name | Jeremiah W. (Jay) Nixon, Attorney General of Missouri, et al., Petitioners v. Shrink Missouri Government PAC, et al. |
Citations | 528 U.S. 377 (more) 120 S. Ct. 897; 145 L. Ed. 2d 886 |
Case history | |
Prior | Shrink Mo. Gov't PAC v. Adams, 5 F. Supp. 2d 734 (E.D. Mo. 1998); injunction granted, 151 F.3d 763 (8th Cir. 1998); reversed, 161 F.3d 519 (8th Cir. 1998); cert. granted, 525 U.S. 1121 (1999). |
Holding | |
States can limit individual contributions to state political candidates, and those limits need not be pegged to the precise dollar amounts approved in Buckley v. Valeo (1976). | |
Court membership | |
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Case opinions | |
Majority | Souter, joined by Rehnquist, Stevens, O'Connor, Ginsburg, Breyer |
Concurrence | Stevens |
Concurrence | Breyer, joined by Ginsburg |
Dissent | Kennedy |
Dissent | Thomas, joined by Scalia |
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