Colorado Republican Federal Campaign Committee and Douglas Jones, Treasurer v. Federal Election Commission

Decided June 26, 1996. Stephen Gerald Breyer delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 95-489 · 518 U.S. 604 (1996) · Cited 274 times

Holding

The judgment is vacated, and the case is remanded.

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How the Justices voted

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Precedents cited

Supreme Court decisions this opinion relies on, ordered by how often it cites each. Cases in our collection link through; others are named.

• Buckley v. Valeo · 424 U.S. 1 (1976)
• Federal Election Commission v. National Conservative Political Action Committee · 470 U.S. 480 (1985)
• California Medical Ass'n v. Federal Election Commission · 453 U.S. 182 (1981)
• Federal Election Commission v. Massachusetts Citizens for Life, Inc. · 479 U.S. 238 (1986)
• Federal Election Commission v. Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee · 454 U.S. 27 (1981)
• First Nat. Bank of Boston v. Bellotti · 435 U.S. 765 (1978)
• Citizens Against Rent Control/Coalition for Fair Housing v. City of Berkeley · 454 U.S. 290 (1981)
• Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. v. Federal Communications Commission · 512 U.S. 622 (1994)
• Village of Schaumburg v. Citizens for a Better Environment · 444 U.S. 620 (1980)
• Sweezy v. New Hampshire Ex Rel. Wyman · 354 U.S. 234 (1957)
• Eu v. San Francisco County Democratic Central Committee · 489 U.S. 214 (1989)
• Austin v. Michigan State Chamber of Commerce · 494 U.S. 652 (1990)
• Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. v. Zenith Radio Corporation · 475 U.S. 574 (1986)
• New York Times Co. v. Sullivan · 376 U.S. 254 (1964)
• Broadrick v. Oklahoma · 413 U.S. 601 (1973)
• National Ass'n for the Advancement of Colored People v. Button · 371 U.S. 415 (1963)
• National Ass'n for the Advancement of Colored People v. Alabama Ex Rel. Patterson · 357 U.S. 449 (1958)
• United States National Bank v. Independent Insurance Agents of America, Inc. · 508 U.S. 439 (1993)
• Edwards v. South Carolina · 372 U.S. 229 (1963)
• United States v. Locke · 471 U.S. 84 (1985)
• Brockett v. Spokane Arcades, Inc. · 472 U.S. 491 (1985)
• Mills v. Alabama · 384 U.S. 214 (1966)
• Landmark Communications, Inc. v. Virginia · 435 U.S. 829 (1978)
• Renne v. Geary · 501 U.S. 312 (1991)
• Young v. United States · 315 U.S. 257 (1942)
• Democratic Party of United States v. Wisconsin Ex Rel. La Follette · 450 U.S. 107 (1981)
• Massachusetts v. United States · 333 U.S. 611 (1948)
• United States v. International Business MacHines Corp. · 517 U.S. 843 (1996)
• Morse v. Republican Party of Virginia · 517 U.S. 186 (1996)

Cited by

Later Supreme Court opinions in our collection that cite this case.

• Federal Election Commission v. Colorado Republican Federal Campaign Committee · 533 U.S. 431 (2001)
• Nixon v. Shrink Missouri Government PAC · 528 U.S. 377 (2000)
• McConnell v. Federal Election Commission · 540 U.S. 93 (2003)
• Randall v. Sorrell · 548 U.S. 230 (2006)
• Davis v. Federal Election Commission · 554 U.S. 724 (2008)
• McCutcheon v. Federal Election Comm'n · 572 U.S. 185 (2014)
• California Democratic Party v. Jones · 530 U.S. 567 (2000)
• Federal Election Commission v. Beaumont · 539 U.S. 146 (2003)
• Federal Election Comm'n v. Ted Cruz · 596 U.S. 289 (2022)
• Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission · 558 U.S. 310 (2010)
• Timmons v. Twin Cities Area New Party · 520 U.S. 351 (1997)
• Buckley v. American Constitutional Law Foundation, Inc. · 525 U.S. 182 (1999)
• Federal Election Commission v. Akins · 524 U.S. 11 (1998)
• Vieth v. Jubelirer · 541 U.S. 267 (2004)
• Clingman v. Beaver · 544 U.S. 581 (2005)
• Salazar v. Buono · 559 U.S. 700 (2010)

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