Legal Opinion
Common Cause v. Democratic National Committee
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided August 27, 1971No. Civ. A. 61-71PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
PARKER, District Judge.
Section 608 of Title 18, United States Code, 1 prescribes limits for individual contributions and purchases in support of campaigns for elective Federal office. Section 609 2 of that Title establishes permissible limits to annual receipts and expenditures by political committees. 3 Both Sections provide penalties of a fine, imprisonment, or both, for violations.
The plaintiffs in this proceeding include Common Cause, a nonprofit, nonpartisan District of Columbia corporation whose announced concern is the promotion of social welfare, civic betterment and…
2Cases cited55 opinions
- Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents of Federal Bureau of NarcoticsSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Younger v. HarrisSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Baker v. CarrSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
- Bell v. HoodSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
- Flast v. CohenSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
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3Cited by13 opinions
- John H. Stewart v. The Travelers CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1974
- Abortion Rights Mobilization, Inc. v. ReganDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1982
- Common Cause v. New Jersey Election Law Enforcement CommissionSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1977
- Tax Analysts and Advocates v. ShultzDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 1974
- Ash v. CortDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1972
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