Legal Opinion

Pichler v. Jennings

District Court, S.D. New York

Decided September 12, 1972No. 72 Civ. 548PublishedCited by 13 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

POLLACK, District Judge.

Contending that the complaint fails to present a case or controversy and fails to state a claim upon which relief may be granted, the defendants, the Clerk of the United States House of Representatives and the Comptroller General of the United States, have moved pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 12(b)(6) to dismiss this suit.

Plaintiffs are state or district officers of the Conservative Party in New York State and seek declaratory and injunctive relief in respect of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (the “Act” hereafter). They challenge the constitutionality of…

2Cases cited23 opinions

  1. National Ass'n for the Advancement of Colored People v. Alabama Ex Rel. PattersonSupreme Court of the United States · 1958
  2. Maryland Casualty Co. v. Pacific Coal & Oil Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1941
  3. United Public Workers of America v. MitchellSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
  4. Laird v. TatumSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  5. Golden v. ZwicklerSupreme Court of the United States · 1969

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3Cited by13 opinions

  1. National Ass'n of Greeting Card Publishers v. United States Postal ServiceCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1976
  2. Young Americans for Freedom, Inc. v. GortonWashington Supreme Court · 1974
  3. Doe v. MartinDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 1975
  4. United States v. Finance Committee to Re-Elect the PresidentCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1974
  5. Thistlethwaite v. City of New YorkDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1973

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