U.S. v. DANIELCZYK

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Michael R. Dreeben , United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for Appellant. Jeffrey A. Lamken , Mololamken, LLP, Washington, D.C.; Lee Elton Goodman , LeClair Ryan, PC, Washington, D.C., for Appellees. ON BRIEF: Neil H. MacBride , United States Attorney, Mark D. Lytle , Assistant United States Attorney, Office of the United States Attorney, Alexandria, Virginia; Lanny A. Breuer , Assistant Attorney General, Criminal Division, Richard C. Pilger , Director, Election Crimes Branch, Eric L. Gibson , Trial Attorney, Criminal Division, William M. Jay , Assistant to the Solicitor General, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for Appellant. Todd M. Richman , Assistant Federal Public Defender, Office of the Federal Public Defender, Alexandria, Virginia, Chris Ashby , LeClair Ryan, PC, Washington, D.C., Joseph M. Rainsbury , LeClair Ryan, PC, Roanoke, Virginia, for Appellee Eugene R. Biagi; Michael G. Pattillo, Jr. , Lucas M. Walker , Mololamken, LLP, Washington, D.C., for Appellee William P. Danielczyk, Jr., Donald J. Simon, Sonosky, Chambers, Sachse, Endreson & Perry, LLP, Washington, D.C.; Fred Wertheimer , Democracy 21, Washington, D.C.; J. Gerald Hebert , Tara Malloy , Paul S. Ryan , The Campaign Legal Center, Washington, D.C., for Amici Supporting Appellant. John R. Phillippe, Jr. , Gary Lawkowski , Republican National Committee, Washington, D.C., for Republican National Committee, Amicus Supporting Appellees. Allen Dickerson , Center for Competitive Politics, Alexandria, Virginia, for Center for Competitive Politics, Amicus Supporting Appellees. Terence P. Ross , Jessica M. Thompson , Crowell & Moring LLP, Washington, D.C., for Jeffrey D. Milyo , Ph.D., and David M. Primo , Ph.D., Amici Supporting Appellees.

Reversed by published opinion. Judge GREGORY wrote the opinion, in which Chief Judge TRAXLER and Judge DIAZ joined.