<Table> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Buckley v. Valeo </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Supreme Court of the United States </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Argued November 10, 1975 Decided January 30, 1976 </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Full case name </Th> <Td> James L. Buckley, et al. v. Francis R. Valeo, Secretary of the United States Senate, et al . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Citations </Th> <Td> 424 U.S. 1 (more) 424 US 1 (1976), 96 S. Ct. 612; 46 L. Ed . 2d 659; 1976 U.S. LEXIS 16; 76 - 1 U.S. Tax Cas . (CCH) ¶ 9189 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Subsequent history </Th> <Td> As amended . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Holding </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> The Court upheld some federal limits on campaign contributions, but held expenditure limits unconstitutional . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Court membership </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> <Dl> <Dt> Chief Justice </Dt> <Dd> Warren E. Burger </Dd> <Dt> Associate Justices </Dt> <Dd> William J. Brennan, Jr . Potter Stewart Byron White Thurgood Marshall Harry Blackmun Lewis F. Powell, Jr . William Rehnquist John P. Stevens </Dd> </Dl> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Case opinions </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Per curiam . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Majority </Th> <Td> Per curiam, joined by Brennan, Stewart, Powell; Marshall (in part); Blackmun (in part); Rehnquist (in part); Burger (in part); White (in part). </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Concur / dissent </Th> <Td> Burger </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Concur / dissent </Th> <Td> White </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Concur / dissent </Th> <Td> Marshall </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Concur / dissent </Th> <Td> Blackmun </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Concur / dissent </Th> <Td> Rehnquist </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Stevens took no part in the consideration or decision of the case . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Laws applied </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> U.S. Const . amend . I, Article II, Sec. 2, cl. 2 </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Buckley v. Valeo </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Supreme Court of the United States </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Argued November 10, 1975 Decided January 30, 1976 </Th> </Tr>

Which 1976 supreme court decision created the soft money loophole