UNITED STATES v. INSCO

No. 73-3990.

496 F.2d 204 (1974)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Jack P. INSCO, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

June 21, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Benton L. Becker, Washington, D. C., F. Lawrence Matthews, Miami, Fla., for defendant-appellant.

John L. Briggs, U. S. Atty., Jacksonville, Fla., Jeffry R. Jontz, Asst. U. S. Atty., Orlando, Fla., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before DYER and MORGAN, Circuit Judges, and KRAFT, District Judge.


DYER, Circuit Judge:

Jack Insco, an unsuccessful Republican candidate for Congress in the 1972 general election, was convicted in a bench trial of violating 18 U.S.C.A. § 612, which proscribes the publication or dissemination of anonymous written campaign materials in federal elections, for printing and distributing certain bumper stickers which did not contain the statutorily-prescribed attribution clause. We reverse.

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