Legal Opinion
Common Cause v. Bolger
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided December 11, 1980No. Civ. 1887-73PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION.
PRATT, District Judge.
This action challenges the constitutionality of certain portions of the congressional franking statute, 39 U.S.C. § 3210 (1976 ed.). Plaintiffs, whose members include more than fifty candidates challenging incumbent members of Congress for election, contend that the statute is unconstitutional on its face and violates their First and Fifth Amendment rights by subsidizing the election of incumbent congressmen but not of challengers. The defendants, the intervenor and the amicus curiae have moved to dismiss contending that plaintiffs lack standing, that…
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