<Table> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Supreme Court of the United States </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Argued March 24, 2009 Reargued September 9, 2009 Decided January 21, 2010 </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Full case name </Th> <Td> Citizens United, Appellant v. Federal Election Commission </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Docket nos . </Th> <Td> 08 - 205 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Citations </Th> <Td> 558 U.S. 310 (more) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Argument </Th> <Td> Oral argument </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Reargument </Th> <Td> Reargument </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Opinion announcement </Th> <Td> Opinion announcement </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Prior history </Th> <Td> denied appellants motion for a preliminary injunction 530 F. Supp . 2d 274 (D.D.C. 2008) probable jurisdiction noted 128 S. Ct. 1471 (2008). </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Holding </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> The provisions of the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act restricting unions, corporations, and non-profit organizations from independent political spending and prohibiting the broadcasting of political media funded by them within 60 days of a general election or 30 days of a primary election violate the First Amendment's protections of freedom of speech . United States District Court for the District of Columbia reversed . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Court membership </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> <Dl> <Dt> Chief Justice </Dt> <Dd> John Roberts </Dd> <Dt> Associate Justices </Dt> <Dd> John P. Stevens Antonin Scalia Anthony Kennedy Clarence Thomas Ruth Bader Ginsburg Stephen Breyer Samuel Alito Sonia Sotomayor </Dd> </Dl> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Case opinions </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Majority </Th> <Td> Kennedy, joined by Roberts, Scalia, Alito; Thomas (all but Part IV); Stevens, Ginsburg, Breyer, Sotomayor (only as to Part IV) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Concurrence </Th> <Td> Roberts, joined by Alito </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Concurrence </Th> <Td> Scalia, joined by Alito; Thomas (in part) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Concur / dissent </Th> <Td> Stevens, joined by Ginsburg, Breyer, Sotomayor </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Concur / dissent </Th> <Td> Thomas </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Laws applied </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> U.S. Const . amend . I, Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> This case overturned a previous ruling or rulings </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Austin v. Michigan Chamber of Commerce, 1990 . McConnell v. FEC, 2003 (in part). </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Supreme Court of the United States </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Argued March 24, 2009 Reargued September 9, 2009 Decided January 21, 2010 </Th> </Tr>

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