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Buckley v. Fitzsimmons

Docket: 91-7849
Citation: 509 U.S. 259 (1993)
Petitioner: Buckley
Respondent: Fitzsimmons et al.

Case Media

Abstract

Argument: Monday, February 22, 1993
Decision: Thursday, June 24, 1993
Issues: Liability, Civil Rights Acts

Advocates

Jeffrey P. Minear (on behalf of the United States, as amicus curiae, supporting the Respondents)
James G. Sotos (on behalf of the Respondents)
George F. Taylor, Jr. (on behalf of the Petitioner)

Facts of the Case

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Question

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Conclusion

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Supreme Court Justice Opinions and Votes (by Ideology)

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Decision: 5 votes for Buckley, 4 vote(s) against
Legal Provision: Reconstruction Civil Rights Acts (42 USC 1983)
Wrote the majority opinion
Stevens
Voted with the majority
Blackmun
Voted with the minority, joined Kennedy's dissent
Souter
Voted with the minority, joined Kennedy's dissent
White
Voted with the majority
O'Connor
Wrote a dissent
Kennedy
Voted with the minority, joined Kennedy's dissent
Rehnquist
Wrote a regular concurrence
Scalia
Voted with the majority
Thomas
Full Opinion by Justice John Paul Stevens

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The Oyez Project, Buckley v. Fitzsimmons, 509 U.S. 259 (1993),
available at: <http://www.oyez.org/cases/1990-1999/1992/1992_91_7849/>
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