| Citizens Against Rent Control v. City of Berkeley | |
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| Argued October 14, 1981 Decided December 14, 1981 | |
| Full case name | Citizens Against Rent Control/Coalition for Fair Housing v. City of Berkeley, California |
| Citations | 454 U.S. 290 ( more ) 102 S. Ct. 434; 70 L. Ed. 2d 492; 1981 U.S. LEXIS 135 |
| Case history | |
| Prior | 27 Cal.3d 819, 614 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 | |
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| Case opinions | |
| Majority | Burger, joined by Brennan, Powell, Rehnquist, Stevens |
| Concurrence | Rehnquist |
| Concurrence | Marshall |
| Concurrence | Blackmun, O'Connor |
| Dissent | White |
| Laws applied | |
| U.S. Const. amend. I | |
Citizens Against Rent Control v. City of Berkeley, 454 U.S. 290 (1981), was a case in which the Supreme Court of the United States invalidated a California law that set limits on contributions to ballot issue campaigns. The ruling relies heavily on the Court's earlier decisions in Buckley v. Valeo , holding that limits on contributions to political candidates implicate the 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]
