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Legal Citation: 514 U.S. 334 (1995)

Petitioner
Joseph McIntyre, Executor of the Estate of Margaret McIntyre

Respondent
Ohio Elections Commission

Petitioner's Claim
That 3599.09(A) of the Ohio Code violates the right to free speech under the First Amendment.

Chief Lawyer for Petitioner
David Goldberger

Chief Lawyer for Respondent
Andrew I. Sutter

Justices for the Court
Stephen Breyer, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Anthony M. Kennedy, Sandra Day O'Connor, David H. Souter, John Paul Stevens (writing for the Court), Clarence Thomas

Justices Dissenting
William H. Rehnquist, Antonin Scalia

Place
Washington, D.C.

Date of Decision
19 April 1995

Decision
The Court, reversing a lower court's ruling, held that an Ohio statute prohibiting anonymous campaign literature was...