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FED. ELECTION COM'N v. FLA. FOR KENNEDY COMMITTEE

No. 80-6013.

681 F.2d 1281 (1982)

FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION, Petitioner-Appellee, v. FLORIDA FOR KENNEDY COMMITTEE, Respondent-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

August 2, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald M. Middlebrooks, Miami, Fla., for respondent-appellant.

Charles N. Steele, Gen. Counsel, Miriam Aguiar, Jeffrey H. Bowman, Fed. Election Commission, Washington, D. C., for petitioner-appellee.

Before VANCE, KRAVITCH and CLARK, Circuit Judges.

VANCE, Circuit Judge:

This appeal presents delicate issues concerning the permissible scope of the Federal Election Commission's subpoena power. The Commission served a sweeping subpoena upon Appellant Florida for Kennedy Committee (FKC) as part of an investigation into the 1979 activities of nine "draft-Kennedy" organizations around the country. FKC refused to comply and, upon petition by the Commission, the district court enforced the subpoena. Although this case...

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