Austin v. Michigan Chamber of Commerce

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States
gptkbp:argued_on April 25, 1990
gptkbp:case_types Constitutional law case
gptkbp:decided_by gptkb:Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States
June 30, 1990
gptkbp:dissenting_opinion gptkb:Justice_Antonin_Scalia
gptkbp:docket_number 89-1016
gptkbp:election 6-3
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Austin v. Michigan Chamber of Commerce
gptkbp:impact Influenced state campaign finance laws
gptkbp:involved_parties gptkb:Austin,_Michigan_Chamber_of_Commerce
gptkbp:is_cited_in 494 U. S. 652 (1990)
gptkbp:jurisdiction gptkb:United_States_federal_law
gptkbp:legal_context Political Action Committees (PACs)
gptkbp:legal_issue Campaign finance regulation
gptkbp:outcome Upheld the constitutionality of Michigan's campaign finance law
gptkbp:overruled_by gptkb:Citizens_United_v._Federal_Election_Commission
gptkbp:precedent Established limits on corporate political spending
Subsequent campaign finance cases
gptkbp:public_perception gptkb:Justice_Thurgood_Marshall
gptkbp:related_to First Amendment rights
gptkbp:significance Addressed corporate spending in elections
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Citizens_United_v._FEC
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4