REPUBLICAN NAT. COMMITTEE v. FED. ELECTION COM'N

No. 94-5248.

76 F.3d 400 (1996)

REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE, National Republican Senatorial Committee and National Republican Congressional Committee, Appellants, v. FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided February 20, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jan W. Baran, Washington, DC, argued the cause, for appellants, with whom Thomas W. Kirby was on the briefs.

Richard B. Bader, Associate General Counsel, Federal Election Commission, Washington, DC, argued the cause, for appellee, with whom Lawrence M. Noble, General Counsel, and David B. Kolker, Attorney, Federal Election Commission, were on the brief. Vivien Clair, Attorney, Federal Election Commission, entered an appearance for appellee.

Before: EDWARDS, Chief Judge, SENTELLE and TATEL, Circuit Judges.


Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge TATEL.

Opinion concurring in part and dissenting in part filed by Circuit Judge SENTELLE.

TATEL, Circuit Judge:

At issue in this appeal is a Federal Election Commission regulation interpreting what political committees must do under the Federal Election Campaign Act to demonstrate that they have exercised their "best efforts" to encourage donors to disclose certain...

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