FEDERAL ELECTION COM'N v. CHRISTIAN COALITION

No. CIV. A. 96-1781(JHG).

52 F.Supp.2d 45 (1999)

FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION, Plaintiff, v. The CHRISTIAN COALITION, Defendant.

United States District Court, District of Columbia.

August 2, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert William Bonham, III, Lawrence Mark Noble, Richard Blair Bader, Stephen E. Hershkowitz, Erin K. Monaghan, Holly J. Baker, Federal Election Com'n, Washington, DC, for Federal Election Com'n.

James Bopp, Jr., Heidi K. Meyer, Paul Scholle, Bopp, Coleson & Bostrom, Terre Haute, IN, Frank Myers Northam, Alan Page Dye, Webster, Chamberlain, & Bean, Washington, DC, for Christian Coalition.

Bobby Roy Burchfield, Thomas Overton Barnett, Covington & Burling, Washington, DC, for George Bush, Dan Quayle, Bush-Quayle `92 Primary Committee, Robert M. Teeter, Mary J. Matalin, Charles R. Black, Jr.

Anthony Joseph Coppolino, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, DC, for Archivist of U.S, National Archives & Records Admin.

Michael B. Trister, Lichtman, Trister, Singer & Ross, Washington, DC, for AFL-CIO, American Civil Liberties Union, amicus.

Joseph William Koegel, Jr., Steptoe & Johnson, L.L.P., Washington, DC, for Christian Broadcasting Network, Inc., movant.


OPINION AND ORDER

JOYCE HENS GREEN, District Judge.

This enforcement action was brought by the Federal Election Commission ("FEC" or "Commission") alleging that the Christian Coalition ("the Coalition") violated federal campaign finance laws during congressional elections in 1990, 1992 and 1994, and the presidential election in 1992. The Coalition is a corporation, and this case presents two novel issues concerning restrictions on corporate campaign...

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