Legal Opinion
Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee v. Federal Election Commission, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee v. Federal Election Commission
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided April 10, 1998No. 97-5160, 97-5161PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the Court filed PER CURIAM.
2Per curiam
The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (“DSCC”) is a political committee comprised of sitting Democratic members of the United States Senate. Its primary function is to aid the election of Democratic candidates to the Senate. In May 1993 DSCC lodged a complaint with the Federal Election Commission. The complaint alleged that the National Republican Senatorial Committee (“NRSC”) donated some $187,000 to non-party organizations as part of a last-minute effort to funnel “soft money” into the 1992 United States Senate elections, in violation of the…
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