Nevada Commission on Ethics, Petitioner v. Michael a. Carrigan

Decided June 13, 2011. Antonin Scalia delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 10-568 · 564 U.S. 117 (2011) · Cited 113 times

Holding

The Nevada Ethics in Government Law is not unconstitutionally overbroad.

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 9–0.

“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.

• Doe v. Reed · 561 U.S. 186 (2010)
• Timmons v. Twin Cities Area New Party · 520 U.S. 351 (1997)
• Republican Party of Minnesota v. White · 536 U.S. 765 (2002)
• Clark v. Community for Creative Non-Violence · 468 U.S. 288 (1984)
• Raines v. Byrd · 521 U.S. 811 (1997)
• Printz v. United States · 521 U.S. 898 (1997)
• Brown v. Hartlage · 456 U.S. 45 (1982)
• Liteky v. United States · 510 U.S. 540 (1994)
• Roth v. United States · 354 U.S. 476 (1957)
• Baldwin v. Reese · 541 U.S. 27 (2004)
• R. A. v. v. City of St. Paul · 505 U.S. 377 (1992)
• United States v. Williams · 553 U.S. 285 (2008)
• Texas v. Johnson · 491 U.S. 397 (1989)
• Burdick v. Takushi · 504 U.S. 428 (1992)
• United States v. Detroit Timber & Lumber Co. · 200 U.S. 321 (1906)
• Caperton v. A. T. Massey Coal Co., Inc. · 556 U.S. 868 (2009)
• Rumsfeld v. Forum for Academic and Institutional Rights, Inc. · 547 U.S. 47 (2006)
• Bolger v. Youngs Drug Products Corp. · 463 U.S. 60 (1983)
• Bowsher v. Synar · 478 U.S. 714 (1986)
• Eu v. San Francisco County Democratic Central Committee · 489 U.S. 214 (1989)
• Meyer v. Grant · 486 U.S. 414 (1988)
• Coleman v. Miller · 307 U.S. 433 (1939)
• Gentile v. State Bar of Nev. · 501 U.S. 1030 (1991)
• Ashcroft v. American Civil Liberties Union · 535 U.S. 564 (2002)
• Clingman v. Beaver · 544 U.S. 581 (2005)

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• New York State Rifle & Pistol Assn., Inc. v. Bruen · 597 U.S. 1 (2022)

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