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Analysis Overview	Issues Summary	Frequency Distributions	Crosstab Reports	Case Details

Supreme Court Detail

Case Name	CITIZENS UNITED v. FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION LEXIS \| Westlaw \| FindLaw \| CourtListener Note: FindLaw and CourtListener are free services.
Date Decision	January 21, 2010
Date Argument	March 24, 2009
Decision Type	opinion of the court (orally argued)
Citations	558 U.S. 310 130 S. Ct. 876 2010 U.S. LEXIS 766 175 L. Ed. 2d 753
Docket	08-205

Lower Court Detail

Court in which Case Originated	District Of Columbia U.S. District Court
Court whose Decision was Reviewed	District Of Columbia U.S. District Court
Petitioner	political candidate, activist, committee, party, party member, organization, or elected official
Respondent	Federal Election Commission

Vote Detail

Issue/Legal Provision (1 of 2)	FIRST AMENDMENT Campaign Spending (cf. Governmental Corruption): CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT First Amendment (speech, press, and assembly)
Vote Coalition	5 - 4
Decision Direction	Conservative
Justice Votes	voted with majority or plurality Kennedy regular concurrence Scalia Thomas Roberts Alito dissent Stevens Ginsburg Breyer Sotomayor
Issue/Legal Provision (2 of 2)	FIRST AMENDMENT Campaign Spending (cf. Governmental Corruption): INFREQUENTLY LITIGATED STATUTES Infrequently litigated statutes
Vote Coalition	5 - 4
Decision Direction	Conservative
Justice Votes	voted with majority or plurality Kennedy regular concurrence Scalia Thomas Roberts Alito dissent Stevens Ginsburg Breyer Sotomayor

Supreme Court Database Detail

SCDB ID

2009-012-01

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