Nixon v. Shrink Missouri Government PAC
| Nixon v. Shrink Missouri Government PAC | |
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| Argued October 5, 1999 Decided January 24, 2000 | |
| Full case name | Jeremiah W. (Jay) Nixon, Attorney General of Missouri, et al., Petitioners v. Shrink Missouri Government PAC, et al. |
| Citations | 528 U.S. 377 (more) 120 S. Ct. 897; 145 L. Ed. 2d 886 |
| Case history | |
| Prior | Shrink Mo. Gov't PAC v. Adams, 5 F. Supp. 2d 734 (E.D. Mo. 1998); injunction granted, 151 F.3d 763 (8th Cir. 1998); reversed, 161 F.3d 519 (8th Cir. 1998); cert. granted, 525 U.S. 1121 (1999). |
| Holding | |
| States can limit individual contributions to state political candidates, and those limits need not be pegged to the precise dollar amounts approved in Buckley v. Valeo (1976). | |
| Court membership | |
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| Case opinions | |
| Majority | Souter, joined by Rehnquist, Stevens, O'Connor, Ginsburg, Breyer |
| Concurrence | Stevens |
| Concurrence | Breyer, joined by Ginsburg |
| Dissent | Kennedy |
| Dissent | Thomas, joined by Scalia |
Nixon v. Shrink Missouri Government PAC, 528 U.S. 377 (2000), was a case in which the Supreme Court of the United States held that their earlier decision in Buckley v. Valeo (1976), upholding federal limits on campaign contributions also applied to state limits on campaign contributions to state offices.