Doe v. Reed

Doe v. Reed
Argued April 28, 2010
Decided June 24, 2010
Full case nameDoe et al v. Reed, Washington Secretary of State, et al.
Docket no.09-559
Citations561 U.S. 186 (more)
130 S. Ct. 2811; 177 L. Ed. 2d 493; 2010 U.S. LEXIS 5256
Case history
Prior661 F. Supp. 2d 1194 (W.D. Wash. 2009); 586 F.3d 671 (9th Cir. 2009); cert. granted, 558 U.S. 1142 (2010).
Holding
Disclosure of referendum petitions does not as a general matter violate the Petition Clause of the First Amendment.
Court membership
Chief Justice
John Roberts
Associate Justices
John P. Stevens · Antonin Scalia
Anthony Kennedy · Clarence Thomas
Ruth Bader Ginsburg · Stephen Breyer
Samuel Alito · Sonia Sotomayor
Case opinions
MajorityRoberts, joined by Kennedy, Ginsburg, Breyer, Alito, Sotomayor
ConcurrenceBreyer
ConcurrenceAlito
ConcurrenceSotomayor, joined by Stevens, Ginsburg
ConcurrenceStevens (in part), joined by Breyer
ConcurrenceScalia (in judgment)
DissentThomas
Laws applied
U.S. Const. amend. I

Doe v. Reed, 561 U.S. 186 (2010), is a United States Supreme Court case which holds that the disclosure of signatures on a referendum does not violate the Petition Clause of the First Amendment to the United States Constitution.[1]

  1. ^ Doe v. Reed, 561 U.S. 186 (2010).