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Federal Election Commission | United States of America

Carter/Mondale Presidential Committee v. FEC (82-1754)

Summary

On June 24, 1983, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia ruled that, since the Carter/Mondale Presidential Committee, Inc. (the Committee) had failed to file its petition for review of certain final FEC repayment determinations within 30 days after the FEC had made them, the court had no jurisdiction over the petition. Filed on July 6, 1982, the Committee's petition concerned certain final Commission determinations with regard to the FEC's audit of the Committee's publicly funded primary campaign in 1980.

Since it dismissed the suit on jurisdictional grounds, the court did not address the issue of whether the FEC could require the Committee to:

  • Repay federal matching funds in an amount equal to total federal and private funds used for nonqualified campaign expenses; or
  • Repay only the portion of nonqualified expenses that were paid with federal funds.

Source:   FEC Record — August 1983. Carter/Mondale Presidential Committee, Inc. v. FEC, 711 F.2d 279 (D.C. Cir. 1983).

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.