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NIXON v. SHRINK MISSOURI GOVERNMENT PAC

No. 98-963.

528 U.S. 377 (2000)

NIXON, ATTORNEY GENERAL OF MISSOURI, et al. v. SHRINK MISSOURI GOVERNMENT PAC et al.

United States Supreme Court.

Decided January 24, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeremiah W. Nixon, Attorney General of Missouri, pro se, argued the cause for petitioners. With him on the briefs were James R. Layton, State Solicitor, Paul R. Maguffee, Assistant Attorney General, Carter G. Phillips, Virginia A. Seitz, and Joseph R. Guerra.

Solicitor General Waxman argued the cause for the United States as amicus curiae urging reversal. With him on the brief were Acting Assistant Attorney General Ogden, Deputy Solicitor General Underwood, Malcolm L. Stewart, Douglas N. Letter, and Michael Jay Singer.

D. Bruce La Pierre argued the cause for respondents. With him on the briefs for respondents Shrink Missouri Government PAC et al. was Patric Lester. Deborah Goldberg, Burt Neuborne, and Gerald P. Greiman filed briefs for Joan Bray as respondent under this Court's Rule 12.6.*

Souter, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Rehnquist, C. J., and Stevens, O'Connor, Ginsburg, and Breyer, JJ., joined. Stevens, J., filed a concurring opinion, p. 398. Breyer, J., filed a concurring opinion, in which Ginsburg, J., joined, p. 399. Kennedy, J., filed a dissenting opinion, p. 405. Thomas, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which Scalia, J., joined, p. 410.

Justice Souter, delivered the opinion of the Court.

The principal issues in this case are whether Buckley v. Valeo, 424 U.S. 1 (1976) (per curiam), is authority for state limits on contributions to state political candidates and whether the federal limits approved in Buckley, with or without adjustment for inflation, define the scope of permissible state limitations...

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