Legal Opinion
La Botz v. Federal Election Commission of Washington, D.C.
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided July 25, 2014No. Civil Action No. 2013-0997PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Re Document No.: 12
MEMORANDUM OPINION
Granting the FEC’s Motion to Dismiss
RUDOLPH CONTRERAS, United States District Judge
I. INTRODUCTION
Dan La Botz was a member of Ohio’s Socialist Party who unsuccessfully ran for the U.S. Senate in 2010. La Botz claims that the Ohio News Organization (“ONO”) unfairly excluded him from a series of sponsored televised debates held in the month preceding the election. He filed an administrative complaint with the Federal Election Commission (“FEC”), alleging that his exclusion from the debates violated the Federal Election Campaign Act (“FECA”). The FEC…
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