Legal Opinion
Wendy Wagner v. Federal Election Commission
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided May 31, 2013No. 12-5365PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the Court filed PER CURIAM.
2Per curiam
The Federal Election Campaign Act (FECA) prohibits any “person” contracting with the federal government from contributing to “any political party, committee, or candidate for public office or to any person for any political purpose or use” in a federal election. 2 U.S.C. § 441e(a)(l). Three federal contractors seek a declaration that section 441c abridges their freedom of speech guaranteed by the First Amendment to the United States Constitution and denies them the equal protection of the laws in violation of the Fifth Amendment. Concluding that FECA’s…
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4Cited by24 opinions
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