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Nixon Vs. Shrink Missouri Government Pac
Court: US Supreme Court
Decided on: Jan-24-2000
Nixon v. Shrink Missouri Government PAC - 528 U.S. 377 (2000) OCTOBER TERM, 1999 Syllabus NIXON, ATTORNEY GENERAL OF MISSOURI, ET AL. v. SHRINK MISSOURI GOVERNMENT PAC ET AL. CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT No. 98-963. Argued October 5, 1999-Decided January 24, 2000 Respondents Shrink Missouri Government PAC, a political action committee, and Zev David Fredman, a candidate for the 1998 Republican nomination for Missouri state auditor, filed suit, alleging that a Missouri statute imposing limits ranging from $275 to $1,075 on contributions to candidates for state office violated their First and Fourteenth Amendment rights. Shrink Missouri gave Fredman $1,025 in 1997, and $50 in 1998, and represented that, without the statutory limitation, it would contribute more. Fredman alleged he could campaign effectively only with more generous contributions than the statute allowed. On crossmotions for summary judgment, the District Court sustained ...
Reno Vs. Bossier Parish School Bd.
Court: US Supreme Court
Decided on: Jan-24-2000
Reno v. Bossier Parish School Bd. - 528 U.S. 320 (2000) OCTOBER TERM, 1999 Syllabus RENO, ATTORNEY GENERAL v. BOSSIER PARISH SCHOOL BOARD APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA No. 98-405. Argued April 26, 1999-Reargued October 6, 1999-Decided January 24, 2000* Bossier Parish, Louisiana, a jurisdiction covered by 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, is thereby prohibited from enacting any change in a "voting qualification[,] prerequisite[,] standard, practice, or procedure" without first obtaining preclearance from either the Attorney General or the District Court. When, following the 1990 census, the Bossier Parish School Board (Board) submitted a proposed redistricting plan to the Attorney General, she denied preclearance. The Board then filed this preclearance action in the District Court. Section 5 authorizes preclearance of a proposed voting change that "does not have the purpose and will not have the effect of denying or abridging the r...
United States Vs. Morrison
Court: US Supreme Court
Decided on: Jan-11-2000
United States v. Morrison - 529 U.S. 598 (2000) OCTOBER TERM, 1999 Syllabus UNITED STATES v. MORRISON ET AL. CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT No. 99-5. Argued January 11, 2000-Decided May 15,2000* Petitioner Brzonkala filed suit, alleging, inter alia, that she was raped by respondents while the three were students at Virginia Polytechnic Institute, and that this attack violated 42 U. S. C. 13981, which provides a federal civil remedy for the victims of gender-motivated violence. Respondents moved to dismiss on the grounds that the complaint failed to state a claim and that 13981's civil remedy is unconstitutional. Petitioner United States intervened to defend the section's constitutionality. In dismissing the complaint, the District Court held that it stated a claim against respondents, but that Congress lacked authority to enact 13981 under either the Commerce Clause or 5 of the Fourteenth Amendment, which Congress had explicitly i...
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