BREAD POLITICAL ACTION v. FEDERAL ELECTION COM'N

No. 80-1146.

635 F.2d 621 (1980)

BREAD POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE et al., Plaintiffs, v. The FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION et al., Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided December 5, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeffrey N. Cole, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiffs.

Kathleen Imig Perkins, Washington, D. C., for defendants.

Before FAIRCHILD, Chief Judge, SWYGERT, CUMMINGS, PELL, SPRECHER, BAUER, WOOD and CUDAHY, Circuit Judges.


Argued En Banc June 16, 1980.

CUMMINGS, Circuit Judge.

In this action, we are presented with four questions concerning the constitutionality of 2 U.S.C. § 441b(b)(4)(D), a provision of the Federal Election Campaign Act ("Act") (2 U.S.C. §§ 431 et seq.).1 The questions come to us on certification from the district court pursuant to 2 U.S.C. § 437h.

I. Introduction

In March 1977...

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