Legal Opinion
Common Cause v. Federal Election Commission
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided March 15, 1988No. 87-5036PublishedCited by 80 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the Court filed by Chief Judge WALD.
Opinion dissenting in part filed by Circuit Judge RUTH BADER GINSBURG.
WALD, Chief Judge:
The Federal Election Commission (FEC or the Commission) appeals from a decision of the district court, see Common Cause v. FEC, 655 F.Supp. 619 (D.D.C.1986), rejecting its interpretation of a provision of the Federal Election Campaign Act (FECA or the Act), which prohibits the use of a candidate’s name in the “name” of any unauthorized “political committee,” 2 U.S.C. § 432(e)(4). The FEC construes the bar as applying only to the name of the committee itself…
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