Federal Election Commission v. Massachusetts Citizens for Life, Inc. (479 U.S. 238)
U.S. Supreme Court · decided December 15, 1986 · Supreme Court Database (Spaeth)
- Citation
- 479 U.S. 238 · 107 S. Ct. 616
- Decided
- December 15, 1986
- Term
- October Term 1986
- Vote
- 5–4
- Majority author
- Justice Brennan
- Issue area
- First Amendment
- Disposition
- Affirmed
- Outcome
- Petitioning party lost
- Ideological direction
- Liberal
- Constitutional ruling
- Federal law held unconstitutional
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