ATHENS LUMBER COMPANY, INCORPORATED, John P. Bondurant, Plaintiffs-Appellants,
v.
FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION and William F. Smith, in his official capacity as Attorney General of the United States, Defendants-Appellees.
United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
October 22, 1982.
Opinion on Rehearing February 7, 1983.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Emmet J. Bondurant, Atlanta, Ga., for plaintiffs-appellants.
John B. Harris, Jr., William C. Harris, Macon, Ga., for amicus curiae common cause.
Bernard E. Namie, Asst. U. S. Atty., Macon, Ga., Charles N. Steele, Gen. Counsel, Richard B. Bader, Carolyn U. Oliphant, Jeffrey H. Bowman, Federal Election Com'n, Washington, D. C., Craig C. Donsanto, Dir., Election Crimes Branch, Public Integrity Sec., Crim. Div., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., for defendants-appellees.
Before HILL and CLARK, Circuit Judges, and SCOTT, District Judge.
United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.
JAMES C. HILL, Circuit Judge:
Appellant Athens Lumber Co. and its President, John P. Bondurant, challenge the constitutionality of a 2 U.S.C. § 441b(a)1 of the Federal Election Campaign Act (FECA) insofar as it prohibits a corporation from making direct political contributions and expenditures in a federal election. They ask that we certify the issues raised by their complaint to the United...
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