Legal Opinion
Federal Election Commission v. James Toledano
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided January 30, 2003No. 01-56762PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KOZINSKI, Circuit Judge.
Any person who receives a contribution in excess of $50 for a political committee must forward the contribution and the donor’s information to the committee’s treasurer “no later than 10 days after receiving the contribution.” 2 U.S.C. § 432(b)(2)(B). We plumb the deep mysteries of this language to figure out what it could possibly mean.
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James Toledano, a lawyer admitted to practice in California, was chairman of the Orange County Democratic Party during the 1996 primary election. About three weeks before the primary, he received a $10,000 contribution check at his law…
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