Legal Opinion
National Conservative Political Action Committee, John T. Dolan, Chairman v. Federal Election Commission
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided March 11, 1980No. 78-1543PublishedCited by 48 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion per curiam.
2Per curiam
I. BACKGROUND
Appellants 1 challenge the validity of a Federal Election Commission (FEC) regulation and a derivative advisory opinion, as well as the lawfulness of a contribution solicitation proposed by the Democratic National Committee (DNC). The regulation, 11 C.F.R. § 110.1(g)(1), 2 provides that campaign contributions made for the purpose of retiring campaign debts from elections held before January 1, 1975, 3 are not subject to the contribution limitations of the Federal Election Campaign Act. The FEC advisory opinion, 4 A.O. 1978-1, issued in response to a request…
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