Legal Opinion
United States v. F. Whittemore
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided January 26, 2015No. 13-10515PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
W. FLETCHER, Circuit Judge:
In February 2007, F. Harvey Whitte-more agreed to raise $150,000 for Senator Harry Reid’s reelection campaign by March 31. A few days before the deadline, Whittemore distributed a total of $145,000, in increments of $5,000 per person, to some of his relatives and to employees of a company of which he was chairman, requesting that the recipients make contributions to Senator Reid’s campaign. Each recipient made a contribution of $4,600, the maximum allowed under federal law. A jury convicted Whittemore of making excessive campaign contributions in violation of…
2Cases cited21 opinions
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- Federal Election Commission v. National Right to Work CommitteeSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
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