PEROT v. FEDERAL ELECTION COM'N

Nos. 96-5287, 96-5288.

97 F.3d 553 (1996)

Ross PEROT, Pat Choate, and Perot '96, Inc., Appellants, v. FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION, and the Commission on Presidential Debates, Appellees. Dr. John HAGELIN, Dr. Mike Tompkins, and the Natural Law Party of the United States of America, Appellants, v. FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION, and the Commission on Presidential Debates, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided October 4, 1996.

Issued October 11, 1996.

Rehearing Denied October 15, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas O. Gorman, Washington, DC, argued the cause for appellants Ross Perot, et al., with whom Samuel W. Lanham, Jr., Bangor, ME, Jamin B. Raskin, and Thomas O. Sargentich, pro hac vice, and Robert E. Steinberg, Washington, DC, were on the briefs.

Thomas M. Newmark, St. Louis, MO, argued the cause (pro hac vice) for appellants Dr. Hagelin, et al., and was on the brief.

Richard B. Bader, Associate General Counsel, Washington, DC, argued the cause for appellee Federal Election Commission, with whom Lawrence M. Noble, General Counsel, was on the brief.

Lewis K. Loss, Attorney, Washington, DC, argued the cause for appellee Commission on Presidential Debates, with whom William H. Briggs, Jr., was on the brief.

Before: SILBERMAN, RANDOLPH, and ROGERS, Circuit Judges.


Rehearing Denied in No. 96-5288 October 15, 1996.

Opinion for the Court filed PER CURIAM.

PER CURIAM:

Two days hence a series of debates between candidates nominated by the Democratic Party and the Republican Party for President and Vice President of the United States is scheduled to begin. One day ago this court heard argument concerning those debates. The case was argued before the district court on October 1, 1996. In view of the importance of the...

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