Court of Appeals issues opinion in Campaign Legal Center, et al. v. FEC, et al.

WASHINGTON – The United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit today issued a Judgment, Per Curiam Opinion, and Order in Campaign Legal Center, et al. v. FEC, et al. (Case No. 18-5239), affirming an earlier opinion of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia that upheld the exercise of prosecutorial discretion when a controlling group of Commissioners declined to investigate three administrative complaints alleging that corporate and other entities had been used in violation of the Federal Election Campaign Act’s prohibition on making contributions in the name of another. The Court of Appeals concluded that the Commissioners provided a sufficiently reasonable basis for their decision not to investigate the plaintiffs’ allegations.