Doe v. Reed | |
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Argued April 28, 2010 Decided June 24, 2010 | |
Full case name | Doe et al v. Reed, Washington Secretary of State, et al. |
Docket no. | 09-559 |
Citations | 561 U.S. 186 (more) 130 S. Ct. 2811; 177 L. Ed. 2d 493; 2010 U.S. LEXIS 5256 |
Case history | |
Prior | 661 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 | |
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Case opinions | |
Majority | Roberts, joined by Kennedy, Ginsburg, Breyer, Alito, Sotomayor |
Concurrence | Breyer |
Concurrence | Alito |
Concurrence | Sotomayor, joined by Stevens, Ginsburg |
Concurrence | Stevens (in part), joined by Breyer |
Concurrence | Scalia (in judgment) |
Dissent | Thomas |
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]