COMMON CAUSE v. DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEE

Civ. A. No. 61-71.

333 F.Supp. 803 (1971)

COMMON CAUSE et al., Plaintiffs, v. DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEE et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, District of Columbia.

As Amended August 27, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lloyd N. Cutler, Louis F. Oberdorfer, Timothy B. Dyk, Jay F. Lapin, Robert A. Gerard, Vaughn C. Williams, Washington, D. C., for plaintiffs.

Joseph A. Califano, Jr., Steven M. Umin, Alexander E. Bennett, Irvin B. Nathan, Washington, D. C., for defendant Democratic National Committee.

Fred C. Scribner, Jr., E. Victor Willetts, Jr., Washington, D. C., Ralph I. Lancaster, Jr., pro hac vice, Portland, Me., for defendant Republican National Committee.

Henry S. Middendorf, Jr., New York City, Daniel M. Redmond, Suzanne Meyer, James A. Treanor, III, Washington, D. C., for defendant Conservative Party.


MEMORANDUM OPINION

PARKER, District Judge.

Section 608 of Title 18, United States Code,1 prescribes limits for individual contributions and purchases in support of campaigns for elective Federal office. Section 6092 of that Title establishes permissible limits to annual receipts and expenditures by political committees.3 Both...

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