Legal Opinion
Federal Election Commission v. Political Contributions Data, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided August 21, 1991No. 1779, Docket 91-6084PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GEORGE C. PRATT, Circuit Judge:
It is a cardinal principle of statutory construction that congress is presumed to have passed statutes which are constitutional. Thus, we are obliged to construe statutes to avoid constitutional problems whenever possible. See, e.g., DeBartolo Corp. v. Florida Gulf Coast Bldg. & Const., 485 U.S. 568, 575, 108 S.Ct. 1392, 1397, 99 L.Ed.2d 645 (1988); Lowe v. Securities and Exchange Comm’n, 472 U.S. 181, 207, 105 S.Ct. 2557, 2571, 86 L.Ed.2d 130 (1985) (“the apparent intent of Congress [was] to keep the Act free of constitutional infirmities”); Hooper v.…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Chevron U. S. A. Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1984
- New York Times Co. v. SullivanSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Buckley v. ValeoSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Caminetti v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1917
- United States v. American Trucking AssociationsSupreme Court of the United States · 1940
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3Cited by11 opinions
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- Carter v. Helmsley-Spear, Inc.District Court, S.D. New York · 1994
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- United States v. Peter JohnsonCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1992
- Vermont Right to Life Committee, Inc. v. SorrellDistrict Court, D. Vermont · 1998
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