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Analysis Overview	Issues Summary	Frequency Distributions	Crosstab Reports	Case Details

Supreme Court Detail

Case Name	FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION v. WISCONSIN RIGHT TO LIFE, INC. LEXIS \| Westlaw \| FindLaw \| CourtListener Note: FindLaw and CourtListener are free services.
Date Decision	June 25, 2007
Date Argument	April 25, 2007
Decision Type	opinion of the court (orally argued)
Citations	551 U.S. 449 127 S. Ct. 2652 2007 U.S. LEXIS 8515 168 L. Ed. 2d 329
Docket	06-969

Lower Court Detail

Court in which Case Originated	District Of Columbia U.S. District Court
Court whose Decision was Reviewed	District Of Columbia U.S. District Court
Petitioner	Federal Election Commission
Respondent	public interest organization

Vote Detail

Issue/Legal Provision (1 of 2)	FIRST AMENDMENT Campaign Spending (cf. Governmental Corruption): FEDERAL STATUTE Federal Election Campaign
Vote Coalition	5 - 4
Decision Direction	Liberal
Justice Votes	voted with majority or plurality Roberts regular concurrence Scalia Kennedy Thomas Alito dissent Stevens Souter Ginsburg Breyer
Issue/Legal Provision (2 of 2)	FIRST AMENDMENT First Amendment, Miscellaneous (cf. Comity: First Amendment) FEDERAL STATUTE Federal Election Campaign
Vote Coalition	5 - 4
Decision Direction	Liberal
Justice Votes	voted with majority or plurality Roberts regular concurrence Scalia Kennedy Thomas Alito dissent Stevens Souter Ginsburg Breyer

Supreme Court Database Detail

SCDB ID

2006-069-01

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