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SOCIALIST WKRS. 1974 NAT. CAMPAIGN COMM. v. JENNINGS

No. 77-1490.

567 F.2d 1133 (1977)

SOCIALIST WORKERS 1974 NATIONAL CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE et al. v. Honorable W. Pat JENNINGS, Clerk, United States House of Representatives, Office of the Secretary, Capitol Hill, et al. Appeal of FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided December 13, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles N. Steele, Assoc. Gen. Counsel, Federal Election Commission, Washington, D. C., with whom William C. Oldaker, Gen. Counsel, Federal Election Commission, Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for appellant.

Joel M. Gora, New York City, for appellees.

Before WRIGHT, McGOWAN, and WILKEY, Circuit Judges.

Opinion for the court per curiam.

PER CURIAM:

In September 1974 the Socialist Workers Party (SWP) sued certain federal officials (later succeeded by the Federal Election Commission (FEC))1 to obtain anticipatory judicial relief against being prosecuted criminally and civilly under the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971, in violation of its First Amendment freedoms, for not disclosing contributors' names and other information...

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