First National Bank of Boston v. Bellotti

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Properties (44)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf legal case
gptkbp:caseTypes No. 77-1734
First_Amendment_case
gptkbp:citedBy 435 U.S. 765
gptkbp:controversy December 6, 1977
gptkbp:court gptkb:Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States
gptkbp:date December 6, 1977
April 26, 1978
gptkbp:decidedBy gptkb:Justice_Lewis_F._Powell_Jr.
1978
gptkbp:firstClaim Debate on campaign finance reform
Legal challenges to campaign finance laws
Corporate personhood discussions
Increased corporate spending in elections
Influence_on_Citizens_United_v._FEC
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label First National Bank of Boston v. Bellotti
gptkbp:impact Corporate political speech
gptkbp:judges gptkb:Justice_Potter_Stewart
gptkb:Justice_Thurgood_Marshall
gptkb:Justice_William_J._Brennan_Jr.
gptkb:Justice_Lewis_F._Powell_Jr.
gptkb:Justice_William_H._Rehnquist
Justice Harry Blackmun
gptkbp:jurisdiction gptkb:Massachusetts
gptkbp:keyIssues Free speech rights of corporations
gptkbp:legalStatus Constitutional law
Political speech is protected
Constitutional protection for corporate speech
First_Amendment_rights
gptkbp:outcome Struck_down_Massachusetts_law
gptkbp:politicalParty gptkb:Justice_Potter_Stewart
gptkb:Justice_Byron_White
gptkb:Justice_Lewis_F._Powell_Jr.
gptkb:Justice_William_H._Rehnquist
gptkb:Justice_Powell
Justice Harry Blackmun
gptkbp:precedent gptkb:New_York_Times_Co._v._Sullivan
gptkb:Buckley_v._Valeo
gptkb:Virginia_Board_of_Pharmacy_v._Virginia_Citizens_Consumer_Council
gptkb:First_National_Bank_of_Boston_v._Bellotti
gptkbp:relatedPatent gptkb:Citizens_United_v._FEC
gptkbp:state Preventing corruption
Maintaining integrity of elections
gptkbp:voterTurnout 5-4