Joseph McIntyre, Executor of Estate of Margaret McIntyre, Deceased v. Ohio Elections Commission

Decided April 19, 1995. John Paul Stevens delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 93-986 · 514 U.S. 334 (1995) · Cited 940 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 7–2.

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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)
• Talley v. California · 362 U.S. 60 (1960)
• First Nat. Bank of Boston v. Bellotti · 435 U.S. 765 (1978)
• Burson v. Freeman · 504 U.S. 191 (1992)
• Anderson v. Celebrezze · 460 U.S. 780 (1983)
• Lee v. Weisman · 505 U.S. 577 (1992)
• Storer v. Brown · 415 U.S. 724 (1974)
• Brookhart v. Janis · 384 U.S. 1 (1966)
• Abrams v. United States · 250 U.S. 616 (1919)
• Brown v. Socialist Workers '74 Campaign Comm. (Ohio) · 459 U.S. 87 (1982)
• New York Times Co. v. Sullivan · 376 U.S. 254 (1964)
• National Ass'n for the Advancement of Colored People v. Alabama Ex Rel. Patterson · 357 U.S. 449 (1958)
• United States v. Harriss · 347 U.S. 612 (1954)
• Texas v. Johnson · 491 U.S. 397 (1989)
• Burdick v. Takushi · 504 U.S. 428 (1992)
• Whitney v. California · 274 U.S. 357 (1927)
• United States v. Grace · 461 U.S. 171 (1983)
• Miami Herald Publishing Co. v. Tornillo · 418 U.S. 241 (1974)
• Meyer v. Grant · 486 U.S. 414 (1988)
• City of Ladue v. Gilleo · 512 U.S. 43 (1994)
• Ward v. Rock Against Racism · 491 U.S. 781 (1989)
• Roth v. United States · 354 U.S. 476 (1957)
• Powell v. McCormack · 395 U.S. 486 (1969)
• Immigration & Naturalization Service v. Chadha · 462 U.S. 919 (1983)
• Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. v. Federal Communications Commission · 512 U.S. 622 (1994)
• Lovell v. City of Griffin · 303 U.S. 444 (1938)
• Lynch v. Donnelly · 465 U.S. 668 (1984)
• Winters v. New York · 333 U.S. 507 (1948)
• Terminiello v. Chicago · 337 U.S. 1 (1949)
• Wesberry v. Sanders · 376 U.S. 1 (1964)

Cited by

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

• Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission · 558 U.S. 310 (2010)
• Buckley v. American Constitutional Law Foundation, Inc. · 525 U.S. 182 (1999)
• McConnell v. Federal Election Commission · 540 U.S. 93 (2003)
• Missouri v. Jenkins · 515 U.S. 70 (1995)
• Hill v. Colorado · 530 U.S. 703 (2000)
• Gamble v. United States · 587 U.S. 678 (2019)
• Brown v. Entertainment Merchants Assn. · 564 U.S. 786 (2011)
• Prado Navarette v. California · 572 U.S. 393 (2014)
• Watchtower Bible & Tract Society of New York, Inc. v. Village of Stratton · 536 U.S. 150 (2002)
• Fuld v. Palestine Liberation Organization · 606 U.S. 1 (2025)
• Capitol Square Review & Advisory Board v. Pinette · 515 U.S. 753 (1995)
• Republican Party of Minnesota v. White · 536 U.S. 765 (2002)
• United States v. Rahimi · 602 U.S. 680 (2024)
• McDonald v. City of Chicago · 561 U.S. 742 (2010)
• Hurley v. Irish-American Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual Group of Boston, Inc. · 515 U.S. 557 (1995)
• 44 Liquormart, Inc. v. Rhode Island · 517 U.S. 484 (1996)
• Kelo v. City of New London · 545 U.S. 469 (2005)
• Utah v. Evans · 536 U.S. 452 (2002)
• Americans for Prosperity Foundation v. Bonta · 594 U.S. 595 (2021)
• City of Austin v. Reagan National Advertising of Austin, LLC · 596 U.S. 61 (2022)
• Mahanoy Area School Dist. v. B. L. · 594 U.S. 180 (2021)

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