First National Bank of Boston et al. v. Attorney General of Massachusetts

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/First_National_Bank_of_Boston_et_al._v._Attorney_General_of_Massachusetts
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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:United_States_Supreme_Court_case
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:First_National_Bank_of_Boston_v._Bellotti
gptkbp:citation 435 U.S. 765
gptkbp:concurringOpinionBy gptkb:Warren_E._Burger
gptkb:Harry_Blackmun
gptkbp:date April 26, 1978
gptkbp:decidedBy gptkb:Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States
gptkbp:dissentingOpinionBy gptkb:Byron_White
gptkb:Thurgood_Marshall
gptkb:William_H._Rehnquist
gptkbp:docketNumber 76-1172
gptkbp:heldBy Corporations have a First Amendment right to make contributions to ballot initiative campaigns.
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label First National Bank of Boston et al. v. Attorney General of Massachusetts
gptkbp:joinedBy gptkb:John_Paul_Stevens
gptkb:Warren_E._Burger
gptkb:Potter_Stewart
gptkb:William_J._Brennan,_Jr.
gptkb:Harry_Blackmun
gptkbp:legalImpact Expanded corporate free speech rights in the context of ballot measures.
gptkbp:majorityOpinionBy gptkb:Lewis_F._Powell,_Jr.
gptkbp:originatedIn gptkb:Massachusetts
gptkbp:overruledBy Massachusetts law prohibiting corporate expenditures on ballot initiatives
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Citizens_United_v._FEC
gptkbp:subject gptkb:First_Amendment
campaign finance
corporate political speech
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:First_National_Bank_of_Boston_v._Bellotti
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6