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Federal Election Commission | United States of America

Baker v. FEC

Summary

On October 19, 2001, Dennis C. Baker, the treasurer for the Committee to Elect Jim Rooker to United States Congress (the Committee), filed a complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania. The complaint appeals a civil money penalty the Commission imposed on the Committee and Mr. Baker for failure to file the Committee's 2000 October Quarterly Report.[1] The Commission found that the Committee and Mr. Baker had violated 2 U.S.C. §434(a), which requires the timely filing of reports by political committees. Mr. Baker alleges that the Committee had been "officially dissolved" at the time the report was due. In his court complaint, Mr. Baker asks that the court review the Commission's September 21, 2001, final determination and modify or set aside that determination.

FOOTNOTE:

[1] The Commission's assessment of the $900 civil penalty was published in the January 2002 Record.

Source:   FEC Record — April 2002

This information is not intended to replace the law or to change its meaning, nor does this information create or confer any rights for or on any person or bind the Federal Election Commission or the public.

The reader is encouraged also to consult the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971, as amended (52 U.S.C. 30101 et seq.), Commission regulations (Title 11 of the Code of Federal Regulations), Commission advisory opinions and applicable court decisions.