Nixon v. Shrink Missouri Government PAC

A Missouri statute capped campaign contributions to state candidates at figures ranging from $1,075 for statewide races down to $275 for smaller districts. A state candidate and a political action committee (plaintiffs) sued Missouri officials (defendants), arguing the caps violated the First and Fourteenth Amendments; the district court upheld the law under Buckley v. Valeo, but the court of appeals reversed, finding insufficient evidence of actual corruption to justify the specific limits.