Neil Randall, et al. v. William H. Sorrell et al.

Decided June 26, 2006. Stephen Gerald Breyer delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 04-1528 · 548 U.S. 230 (2006) · Cited 254 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)
• Nixon v. Shrink Missouri Government PAC · 528 U.S. 377 (2000)
• Colorado Republican Federal Campaign Committee v. Federal Election Commission · 518 U.S. 604 (1996)
• McConnell v. Federal Election Commission · 540 U.S. 93 (2003)
• Federal Election Commission v. Colorado Republican Federal Campaign Committee · 533 U.S. 431 (2001)
• Federal Election Commission v. National Conservative Political Action Committee · 470 U.S. 480 (1985)
• 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)
• Payne v. Tennessee · 501 U.S. 808 (1991)
• BMW of North America, Inc. v. Gore · 517 U.S. 559 (1996)
• Bose Corp. v. Consumers Union of United States, Inc. · 466 U.S. 485 (1984)
• Dickerson v. United States · 530 U.S. 428 (2000)
• Arizona v. Rumsey · 467 U.S. 203 (1984)
• Vieth v. Jubelirer · 541 U.S. 267 (2004)
• California Democratic Party v. Jones · 530 U.S. 567 (2000)
• United States v. International Union United Automobile, Aircraft & Agricultural Implement Workers · 352 U.S. 567 (1957)
• United States v. International Business MacHines Corp. · 517 U.S. 843 (1996)
• New York Times Co. v. Sullivan · 376 U.S. 254 (1964)
• County Court of Ulster Cty. v. Allen · 442 U.S. 140 (1979)
• United States v. Harriss · 347 U.S. 612 (1954)
• Harris v. United States · 536 U.S. 545 (2002)
• Lawrence v. Texas · 539 U.S. 558 (2003)
• United States v. Detroit Timber & Lumber Co. · 200 U.S. 321 (1906)
• Georgia v. Randolph · 547 U.S. 103 (2006)
• Helvering v. Hallock · 309 U.S. 106 (1940)
• Riley v. National Federation of Blind of North Carolina, Inc. · 487 U.S. 781 (1988)
• South Dakota v. Dole · 483 U.S. 203 (1987)
• Timmons v. Twin Cities Area New Party · 520 U.S. 351 (1997)
• Norman v. Reed · 502 U.S. 279 (1992)
• Champlin Rfg. Co. v. Corporation Commission of Oklahoma · 286 U.S. 210 (1932)

Cited by

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

• Thompson v. Hebdon · 589 U.S. 1 (2019)
• Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission · 558 U.S. 310 (2010)
• Davis v. Federal Election Commission · 554 U.S. 724 (2008)
• McCutcheon v. Federal Election Comm'n · 572 U.S. 185 (2014)
• District of Columbia v. Heller · 554 U.S. 570 (2008)
• Arizona v. Gant · 556 U.S. 332 (2009)
• Crawford v. Marion County Election Board · 553 U.S. 181 (2008)
• Federal Election Comm'n v. Ted Cruz · 596 U.S. 289 (2022)
• United States v. Alvarez · 567 U.S. 709 (2012)
• Ramos v. Louisiana · 590 U.S. 83 (2020)

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