Federal Election Commission v. NRA Political Victory Fund et al.

Decided December 6, 1994. William Hubbs Rehnquist delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 93-1151 · 513 U.S. 88 (1994) · Cited 168 times

Holding

The Georgia Supreme Court erred in relying on Georgia’s predeprivation remedies to deny relief.

The Court’s statement of the holding, from the opinion’s syllabus. The syllabus is prepared by the Reporter of Decisions and is not part of the opinion of the Court — read the official opinion for authority.

How the Justices voted

Decided 7–1.

“Concurring” means agreeing with the outcome; any split shown is the Court’s judgment, not each Justice’s reasoning. Source: the Supreme Court Database (Spaeth et al.), Washington University.

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.

• United States v. Providence Journal Co. · 485 U.S. 693 (1988)
• Federal Election Commission v. National Conservative Political Action Committee · 470 U.S. 480 (1985)
• Missouri v. Jenkins · 495 U.S. 33 (1990)
• California Medical Ass'n v. Federal Election Commission · 453 U.S. 182 (1981)
• Federal Election Commission v. National Right to Work Committee · 459 U.S. 197 (1982)
• Will v. Michigan Department of State Police · 491 U.S. 58 (1989)
• Federal Deposit Insurance v. Meyer · 510 U.S. 471 (1994)
• First Nat. Bank of Boston v. Bellotti · 435 U.S. 765 (1978)
• United States v. L. A. Tucker Truck Lines, Inc. · 344 U.S. 33 (1952)
• Budinich v. Becton Dickinson & Co. · 486 U.S. 196 (1988)
• Keene Corp. v. United States · 508 U.S. 200 (1993)
• Federal Election Commission v. Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee · 454 U.S. 27 (1981)
• Federal Election Commission v. Massachusetts Citizens for Life, Inc. · 479 U.S. 238 (1986)
• Austin v. Michigan State Chamber of Commerce · 494 U.S. 652 (1990)
• Federal Trade Commission v. Bunte Bros. · 312 U.S. 349 (1941)
• Confiscation Cases · 74 U.S. 454 (1869)
• Bread Political Action Committee v. Federal Election Commission · 455 U.S. 577 (1982)
• Ederal Power Commission v. Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line Co. · 337 U.S. 498 (1949)
• Cook v. Tullis · 85 U.S. 332 (1874)
• United States v. American Building Maintenance Industries · 422 U.S. 271 (1975)

Cited by

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

• Bowles v. Russell · 551 U.S. 205 (2007)
• Hibbs v. Winn · 542 U.S. 88 (2004)
• Steel Co. v. Citizens for a Better Environment · 523 U.S. 83 (1998)
• Lewis v. Casey · 518 U.S. 343 (1996)

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