Jeremiah W. (jay) Nixon, Attorney General of Missouri, et al. v. Shrink Missouri Government PAC et al.

Decided January 24, 2000. David Hackett Souter delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 98-963 · 528 U.S. 377 (2000) · Cited 485 times

Holding

Buckley is authority for comparable state limits on contributions to state political candidates, and those limits need not be pegged to the precise dollar amounts approved in Buckley.

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How the Justices voted

Decided 6–3.

“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.

• Buckley v. Valeo · 424 U.S. 1 (1976)
• Colorado Republican Federal Campaign Committee v. Federal Election Commission · 518 U.S. 604 (1996)
• Federal Election Commission v. National Conservative Political Action Committee · 470 U.S. 480 (1985)
• Riley v. National Federation of Blind of North Carolina, Inc. · 487 U.S. 781 (1988)
• Martin v. City of Struthers · 319 U.S. 141 (1943)
• Meyer v. Grant · 486 U.S. 414 (1988)
• National Ass'n for the Advancement of Colored People v. Button · 371 U.S. 415 (1963)
• First Nat. Bank of Boston v. Bellotti · 435 U.S. 765 (1978)
• City of Ladue v. Gilleo · 512 U.S. 43 (1994)
• Citizens Against Rent Control/Coalition for Fair Housing v. City of Berkeley · 454 U.S. 290 (1981)
• National Ass'n for the Advancement of Colored People v. Alabama Ex Rel. Patterson · 357 U.S. 449 (1958)
• Moore v. City of East Cleveland · 431 U.S. 494 (1977)
• Cohen v. California · 403 U.S. 15 (1971)
• Schneider v. State (Town of Irvington) · 308 U.S. 147 (1939)
• Storer v. Brown · 415 U.S. 724 (1974)
• Kovacs v. Cooper · 336 U.S. 77 (1949)
• Whitney v. California · 274 U.S. 357 (1927)
• Sweezy v. New Hampshire Ex Rel. Wyman · 354 U.S. 234 (1957)
• Burson v. Freeman · 504 U.S. 191 (1992)
• Eu v. San Francisco County Democratic Central Committee · 489 U.S. 214 (1989)
• Mills v. Alabama · 384 U.S. 214 (1966)
• Kusper v. Pontikes · 414 U.S. 51 (1973)
• Buckley v. American Constitutional Law Foundation, Inc. · 525 U.S. 182 (1999)
• Monitor Patriot Co. v. Roy · 401 U.S. 265 (1971)
• Federal Election Commission v. Massachusetts Citizens for Life, Inc. · 479 U.S. 238 (1986)
• 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)
• New York Times Co. v. Sullivan · 376 U.S. 254 (1964)
• Reynolds v. Sims · 377 U.S. 533 (1964)
• United States v. O'Brien · 391 U.S. 367 (1968)

Cited by

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• McConnell v. Federal Election Commission · 540 U.S. 93 (2003)
• McCutcheon v. Federal Election Comm'n · 572 U.S. 185 (2014)
• Federal Election Commission v. Colorado Republican Federal Campaign Committee · 533 U.S. 431 (2001)
• Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission · 558 U.S. 310 (2010)
• Randall v. Sorrell · 548 U.S. 230 (2006)
• District of Columbia v. Heller · 554 U.S. 570 (2008)
• Davis v. Federal Election Commission · 554 U.S. 724 (2008)
• Federal Election Comm'n v. Ted Cruz · 596 U.S. 289 (2022)
• Federal Election Commission v. Beaumont · 539 U.S. 146 (2003)
• Crawford v. Marion County Election Board · 553 U.S. 181 (2008)
• City of Erie v. Pap's A. M. · 529 U.S. 277 (2000)
• Reed v. Town of Gilbert · 576 U.S. 155 (2015)
• United States v. United Foods, Inc. · 533 U.S. 405 (2001)
• Thompson v. Hebdon · 589 U.S. 1 (2019)
• Bartnicki v. Vopper · 532 U.S. 514 (2001)
• Watchtower Bible & Tract Society of New York, Inc. v. Village of Stratton · 536 U.S. 150 (2002)
• United States v. Playboy Entertainment Group, Inc. · 529 U.S. 803 (2000)
• Pleasant Grove City v. Summum · 555 U.S. 460 (2009)
• Brown v. Entertainment Merchants Assn. · 564 U.S. 786 (2011)
• Lorillard Tobacco Co. v. Reilly · 533 U.S. 525 (2001)
• United States v. Alvarez · 567 U.S. 709 (2012)
• Republican Party of Minnesota v. White · 536 U.S. 765 (2002)
• California Democratic Party v. Jones · 530 U.S. 567 (2000)
• Eldred v. Ashcroft · 537 U.S. 186 (2003)
• Ysursa v. Pocatello Education Ass'n · 555 U.S. 353 (2009)

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