Legal Opinion
Catholic Ldrship Coaltn of TX v. David Reis
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided August 12, 2014No. 13-50582PublishedCited by 53 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EDITH BROWN CLEMENT, Circuit Judge: *
To form a “general-purpose committee” — a type of political action committee devoted to promoting a particular point of view — in Texas, a group of persons must appoint a committee treasurer and register with the Texas Election Commission. The nascent general-purpose committee must then collect contributions from ten contributors, and wait sixty days before exceeding $500 in contributions and expenditures. And even after collecting contributions from ten donors and waiting sixty days, the political committee is forever barred from accepting corporate…
2Cases cited72 opinions
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