FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION v. LANCE

No. 78-1859.

617 F.2d 365 (1980)

FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. T. Bertram LANCE, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

May 5, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Trotter, Bondurant, Griffin, Miller & Hishon, Emmet J. Bondurant, Atlanta, Ga., Robert A. Altman, Washington, D. C., for defendant-appellant.

William C. Oldaker, Gen. Counsel, Federal Election Commission, Charles N. Steele, Lester N. Scall, Kathleen Imig Perkins, Carolyn U. Oliphant, Washington, D. C., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before COLEMAN, Chief Judge, and BROWN and TJOFLAT, Circuit Judges.


TJOFLAT, Circuit Judge:

This case concerns the validity of an administrative subpoena, issued by the Federal Election Commission (FEC or Commission), requiring T. Bertram Lance to appear for a deposition and to produce certain documents. The subpoena is incident to an enforcement investigation of possible illegal contributions by two national banks to the Bert Lance for Governor Campaign of 1974. The Commission began the investigation after determining, pursuant to...

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