COMMON CAUSE v. FEDERAL ELECTION COM'N

No. 96-5160.

108 F.3d 413 (1997)

COMMON CAUSE, Appellant, v. FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided March 21, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roger M. Witten, Washington, DC, argued the cause for appellant, with whom A. Stephen Hut, Jr. and Donald J. Simon were on the briefs.

John P. Schnitker, Attorney, United States Department of Justice, Washington, DC, argued the cause for appellee, with whom Frank W. Hunger, Assistant Attorney General, Eric H. Holder, Jr., United States Attorney, and Michael J. Singer, Assistant Director, United States Department of Justice, were on the brief.

Before: SILBERMAN and SENTELLE, Circuit Judges, and BUCKLEY, Senior Circuit Judge.


Opinion for the court filed PER CURIAM.

Concurring opinion filed by Circuit Judge SENTELLE.

PER CURIAM:

Common Cause appeals from a grant of summary judgment to the Federal Election Commission ("FEC" or "Commission") upholding the Commission's decision not to prosecute two alleged violations of federal election campaign law. Appellant argues that the district court applied an improper standard of review in considering its challenge to the FEC's decision...

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