Legal Opinion
Federal Election Commission v. GOPAC, Inc.
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided February 29, 1996No. Civil A. 94-0828-LFOPublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
OBERDORFER, District Judge.
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On April 14, 1994, the Federal Election Commission filed this civil action against GO-PAC, Inc., alleging that in 1989 and 1990 GOPAC was a “political committee” which had failed to register and report as required by the Federal Election Campaign Act, 2 U.S.C. §§ 433(a) and 434(a). The allegation had its origins in an administrative complaint filed by the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee with the Commission in September 1990 that GOP AC’s receipts and expenditures for its “Campaign for Fair Elections” project made it a “political committee” as…
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