Austin v. Michigan Chamber of Commerce

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Austin v. Michigan Chamber of Commerce was a 1990 U.S. Supreme Court case that upheld restrictions on corporate independent political expenditures under the First Amendment until it was later overturned by Citizens United.

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instanceOf United States Supreme Court case ⓘ
campaign finance case ⓘ
affectedEntityType for-profit corporations ⓘ
nonprofit corporations ⓘ
arguedDate 1989-10-31 ⓘ
citation 494 U.S. 652 ⓘ
concurrenceBy William J. Brennan Jr. ⓘ
constitutionalProvision U.S. Const. amend. I ⓘ
court Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
decisionDate 1990-03-27 ⓘ
defendant Richard H. Austin ⓘ
defendantOffice Michigan Secretary of State ⓘ
dissentBy Antonin Scalia ⓘ
dissentJoinedBy Anthony M. Kennedy ⓘ
William H. Rehnquist ⓘ
docketNumber 88-1569 ⓘ
firstPage 652 ⓘ
fullName Austin v. Michigan Chamber of Commerce ⓘ
holding Restrictions on corporate independent political expenditures under Michigan law do not violate the First Amendment. ⓘ
The State of Michigan may restrict corporate independent expenditures in support of or opposition to candidates for state office. ⓘ
joinedByInMajority Anthony M. Kennedy ⓘ
Byron R. White ⓘ
Harry A. Blackmun ⓘ
John Paul Stevens ⓘ
Sandra Day O’Connor ⓘ
William J. Brennan Jr. ⓘ
jurisdiction State of Michigan ⓘ
linked to: Michigan
legalIssue First Amendment free speech ⓘ
campaign finance regulation ⓘ
corporate independent expenditures ⓘ
majorityOpinionBy Thurgood Marshall ⓘ
overruledBy Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission ⓘ
overruledByCitation 558 U.S. 310 ⓘ
overruledByDecisionDate 2010-01-21 ⓘ
plaintiff Michigan Chamber of Commerce ⓘ
precedentStatus overruled in part ⓘ
priorHistory Michigan Chamber of Commerce v. Austin, 424 N.W.2d 13 (Mich. 1988) ⓘ
reasoningKeyConcept compelling state interest in preventing corruption or the appearance of corruption ⓘ
distortion of the political process by corporate wealth ⓘ
relatedCase Buckley v. Valeo ⓘ
First National Bank of Boston v. Bellotti ⓘ
McConnell v. Federal Election Commission ⓘ
reporter United States Reports ⓘ
shortName Austin ⓘ
statuteInvolved Michigan Campaign Finance Act ⓘ
linked to: Michigan statutes
topic corporate political speech ⓘ
election spending limits ⓘ
volume 494 ⓘ

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Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission → overruledPrecedent → Austin v. Michigan Chamber of Commerce ⓘ
Austin v. Michigan Chamber of Commerce → fullName → Austin v. Michigan Chamber of Commerce ⓘ
Austin v. Michigan Chamber of Commerce → priorHistory → Michigan Chamber of Commerce v. Austin, 424 N.W.2d 13 (Mich. 1988) ⓘ
linked to: Austin v. Michigan Chamber of Commerce