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WHITMORE v. FEDERAL ELECTION COM'N

No. 94-36236.

68 F.3d 1212 (1995)

Joni WHITMORE and James Quinlan, on Behalf of Himself and All Other Persons Similarly Situated, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION; Don Young; Tony Smith; Alaskans for Don Young; Tony Smith for Congress, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided October 26, 1995.

As Amended January 10, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald Craig Mitchell, Anchorage, Alaska, for plaintiffs-appellants.

Vivien Clair (On the Briefs) and Richard B. Bader (Argued), Federal Election Commission, Washington, DC, for defendants-appellees.

Before: HALL, WIGGINS, and KLEINFELD, Circuit Judges.

KLEINFELD, Circuit Judge:

A third party candidate and a voter sued to obtain a judicial prohibition against contributions from citizens of other states to a congressional campaign. The complaint was properly dismissed for lack of standing. The claim is frivolous as well.

I. FACTS

Plaintiff Whitmore ran for Congress on a third party ticket, the Green Party, in 1994. She submitted evidence showing that she appeared at numerous locations, got...

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