Legal Opinion
Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee and National Republican Congressional Committee v. Federal Election Commission
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided June 11, 1996No. 94-5248PublishedCited by 57 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*403Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge TATEL.
Opinion concurring in part and dissenting in part filed by Circuit Judge SENTELLE.
TATEL, Circuit Judge:
At issue in this appeal is a Federal Election Commission regulation interpreting what political committees must do under the Federal Election Campaign Act to demonstrate that they have exercised their “best efforts” to encourage donors to disclose certain personally identifying information. For more than a decade, the Commission considered a political committee to have exercised “best efforts” if the committee made a clear request for the…
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