Legal Opinion
Van Hollen v. Federal Election Commission
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided November 25, 2014No. Civil Action No. 2011-0766PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
AMY BERMAN JACKSON, United States District Judge
This case originated in 2011 when plaintiff Chris Van Hollen, Jr. — a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from the 8th Congressional District of the State of Maryland — filed a complaint challenging the authority of the Federal Election Commission to promulgate 11 C.F.R. § 104.20(c)(9), which narrowed the disclosure requirements set forth in the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act (“BCRA”), 52 U.S.C. § 30104(f)(d)(E)-(F) (2012), 1 for corporations and labor organizations that fund electioneering communications. Compl. ¶¶ 1,…
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3Cited by2 opinions
- Van Hollen v. Federal Election CommissionCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 2016
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