FEDERAL ELECTION COM'N v. FURGATCH

No. 85-5524.

807 F.2d 857 (1987)

FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Harvey FURGATCH, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided January 9, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard Bader, Asst. Gen. Counsel, Charles N. Steele, Gen. Counsel, Carol A. Latham, Atty., Federal Election Com'n, Washington, D.C., for plaintiff-appellant.

H. Richard Mayberry, Jr., Jonathan I. Epstein, Stephen M. Griffin, Washington, D.C., for defendant-appellee.

Before GOODWIN and FARRIS, Circuit Judges and SOLOMON, District Judge.


FARRIS, Circuit Judge:

Under the Federal Election Campaign Act, a political advertisement which "expressly advocates" either the election or defeat of a candidate must be reported to the Federal Election Commission. We must decide whether in this case reporting was required and if so whether the Act meets constitutional demands.

No right of expression is more important to our participatory democracy than political speech. One of the most delicate tasks of...

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