BUCKLEY v. VALEO

No. 75-436.

424 U.S. 1 (1976)

BUCKLEY ET AL. v. VALEO, SECRETARY OF THE UNITED STATES SENATE, ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided January 30, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ralph K. Winter, Jr., pro hac vice, Joel M. Gora, and Brice M. Clagett argued the cause for appellants. With them on the briefs was Melvin L. Wulf.

Deputy Solicitor General Friedman, Archibald Cox, Lloyd N. Cutler, and Ralph S. Spritzer argued the cause for appellees. With Mr. Friedman on the brief for appellees Levi and the Federal Election Commission were Attorney General Levi, pro se, Solicitor General Bork, and Louis F. Claiborne. With Mr. Cutler on the brief for appellees Center for Public Financing of Elections et al. were Paul J. Mode, Jr., William T. Lake, Kenneth J. Guido, Jr., and Fred Wertheimer. With Mr. Spritzer on the brief for appellee Federal Election Commission was Paul Bender. Attorney General Levi, pro se, Solicitor General Bork, and Deputy Solicitor General Randolph filed a brief for appellee Levi and for the United States as amicus curiae.


PER CURIAM.

These appeals present constitutional challenges to the key provisions of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (Act), and related provisions of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, all as amended in 1974.1

The Court of Appeals, in sustaining the legislation in large part against various constitutional challenges,2 viewed it as "by far the most comprehensive...

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