Legal Opinion
Albanese v. Federal Election Commission
District Court, E.D. New York
Decided April 17, 1995No. CV-94-3299PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
GLASSER, District Judge:
BACKGROUND
Plaintiffs’ Claims and Relief Sought
Plaintiffs have brought this action to challenge the constitutionality of various aspects of the current system through which congressional elections are financed. They denote the system they challenge the “wealth primary,” and base their case upon the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment, the First Amendment, and Article I, Section 2 of the United States Constitution. 1 Specifically, plaintiffs’ challenge the existing laws which structure the way in which public and private funds are…
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