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HOLMES v. FEDERAL ELECTION COM'N

No. 16-5194.

875 F.3d 1153 (2017)

Laura HOLMES and Paul Jost, Appellants v. FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided November 28, 2017.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Allen Dickerson argued the cause and filed the briefs for appellants. Owen D. Yeates entered an appearance.

Erin Chlopak , Acting Assistant General Counsel, Federal Election Commission, argued the cause for appellee. With her on the brief were Lisa J. Stevenson , Deputy General Counsel, Kevin Deeley , Associate General Counsel, and Steve N. Hajjar and Charles Kitcher , Attorneys.

J. Gerald Hebert , Fred Wertheimer , and Donald J. Simon were on the brief for amici curiae Campaign Legal Center and Democracy 21 in support of appellee.

Before: Garland, Chief Judge, and Henderson, Rogers, Tatel, Brown, Griffith, Kavanaugh, Srinivasan, Millett, Pillard, and Wilkins, Circuit Judges.

The Federal Election Campaign Act imposes limits on the amounts that an individual may contribute to a candidate for federal office. 52 U.S.C. § 30116(a)(1)(A). Those contribution ceilings, known as FECA's base limits, aim to prevent the appearance or actuality of corruption associated with large campaign contributions...

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