Citizens Against Rent Control v. City of Berkeley

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Citizens Against Rent Control v. City of Berkeley
P.2d
742 (1980).
Holding
The Court struck down state limits on contributions to committees that advocated the passage or defeat of ballot issues as a violation of the First Amendment.
Court membership
Chief Justice
Warren E. Burger
Associate Justices
William J. Brennan Jr. · Byron White
Thurgood Marshall · Harry Blackmun
Lewis F. Powell Jr. · William Rehnquist
John P. Stevens · Sandra Day O'Connor
Case opinions
MajorityBurger, joined by Brennan, Powell, Rehnquist, Stevens
ConcurrenceRehnquist
ConcurrenceMarshall
ConcurrenceBlackmun, O'Connor
DissentWhite
Laws applied
U.S. Const. amend. I

Citizens Against Rent Control v. City of Berkeley, 454 U.S. 290 (1981), was a

First Amendment, and First National Bank of Boston v. Bellotti, holding that the state governments have no compelling interest in limiting spending on speech about ballot issues.[1]

See also

References

  1. ^ Citizens Against Rent Control v. City of Berkeley, 454 U.S. 290 (1981).

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