McCutcheon v. FEC

Decided April 2, 2014. John Glover Roberts Jr. delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 12-536 · 572 U.S. 185 (2014) · Cited 300 times

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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)
• McConnell v. Federal Election Commission · 540 U.S. 93 (2003)
• Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission · 558 U.S. 310 (2010)
• Nixon v. Shrink Missouri Government PAC · 528 U.S. 377 (2000)
• Federal Election Commission v. National Conservative Political Action Committee · 470 U.S. 480 (1985)
• Federal Election Commission v. Colorado Republican Federal Campaign Committee · 533 U.S. 431 (2001)
• Davis v. Federal Election Commission · 554 U.S. 724 (2008)
• Board of Trustees of State Univ. of NY v. Fox · 492 U.S. 469 (1989)
• Federal Election Commission v. Beaumont · 539 U.S. 146 (2003)
• Cohen v. California · 403 U.S. 15 (1971)
• Texas v. Johnson · 491 U.S. 397 (1989)
• Citizens Against Rent Control/Coalition for Fair Housing v. City of Berkeley · 454 U.S. 290 (1981)
• Colorado Republican Federal Campaign Committee v. Federal Election Commission · 518 U.S. 604 (1996)
• Randall v. Sorrell · 548 U.S. 230 (2006)
• United States v. Playboy Entertainment Group, Inc. · 529 U.S. 803 (2000)
• Federal Election Commission v. Wisconsin Right to Life, Inc. · 551 U.S. 449 (2007)
• California Medical Ass'n v. Federal Election Commission · 453 U.S. 182 (1981)
• Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District · 393 U.S. 503 (1969)
• West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette · 319 U.S. 624 (1943)
• Stromberg v. California · 283 U.S. 359 (1931)
• United States v. Stevens · 559 U.S. 460 (2010)
• Wooley v. Maynard · 430 U.S. 705 (1977)
• Hicks v. Miranda · 422 U.S. 332 (1975)
• Whitney v. California · 274 U.S. 357 (1927)
• City of Ladue v. Gilleo · 512 U.S. 43 (1994)
• Sable Communications of California, Inc. v. Federal Communications Commission · 492 U.S. 115 (1989)
• Tashjian v. Republican Party of Connecticut · 479 U.S. 208 (1986)
• Monitor Patriot Co. v. Roy · 401 U.S. 265 (1971)
• Federal Election Commission v. Massachusetts Citizens for Life, Inc. · 479 U.S. 238 (1986)
• Hohn v. United States · 524 U.S. 236 (1998)

Cited by

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

• Federal Election Comm'n v. Ted Cruz · 596 U.S. 289 (2022)
• Americans for Prosperity Foundation v. Bonta · 594 U.S. 595 (2021)
• Thompson v. Hebdon · 589 U.S. 1 (2019)
• Fulton v. Philadelphia · 593 U.S. 522 (2021)
• Agency for Int'l Development v. Alliance for Open Society · 591 U.S. 430 (2020)

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