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April 15, 2024
America First Legal Foundation v. FEC alleges failure to act on administrative complaint (24-517)
On February 25, 2024, America First Legal Foundation (plaintiff) filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia alleging the FEC failed to act on its administrative …
Read moreFebruary 16, 2024
District court certifies constitutional challenge to coordinated party expenditure limits in National Republican Senatorial Committee, et al. v. FEC, et al., 22-639 (S.D. Ohio)
On January 19, 2024, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio certified to the en banc court of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit …
Read moreJanuary 26, 2024
Appeals court affirms dismissal of End Citizens United PAC v. FEC and New Republican PAC (22-5277)
On January 19, 2024, the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit upheld a district court decision that dismissed a suit brought by End Citizens United …
Read moreJanuary 17, 2024
Appeals court affirms judgment in Campaign Legal Center v. FEC (22-5339)
On January 5, 2024, the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit affirmed a district court decision. The district court had dismissed the Campaign Legal Center’s …
Read moreNovember 29, 2023
Campaign Legal Center, et al. v. FEC alleges unlawful failure to respond to petition (23-03163)
On October 20, 2023, Campaign Legal Center and OpenSecrets (plaintiffs) filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia alleging that the Commission unlawfully failed to act …
Read moreNovember 2, 2023
Court grants summary judgment in Common Cause Georgia, et al. v. FEC (22-3067)
On September 29, 2023, the United States District Court for the District of Columbia (the court) granted both parties’ cross-motions for summary judgment in part and denied both motions in …
Read moreOctober 3, 2023
District court denies motions to dismiss in CREW v. FEC (22-3281)
On September 20, 2023, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia denied both the FEC’s and Intervenor American Action Network’s (AAN) motions to dismiss and stayed the case …
Read moreAugust 17, 2023
Commission adopts new agency procedure related to certain litigation
On July 13, 2023, the Commission adopted a new agency procedure related to litigation brought pursuant to 52 U.S.C. 30109(a)(8).
Under the Federal Election Campaign Act, complainants may file …
Read moreJuly 20, 2023
Court grants FEC’s partial motion to dismiss in AB PAC v. FEC (22-2139)
On July 17, 2023, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia (the court) granted the Commission’s partial motion to dismiss an amended complaint from AB PAC (the plaintiff) …
Read moreJuly 12, 2023
Appeals court reverses judgment in End Citizens United PAC v. FEC (22-5176)
On June 9, 2023, the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia reversed a district court decision that dismissed a suit brought by End Citizens United PAC …
Read moreJune 16, 2023
Court denies plaintiff’s motion for summary judgment in Ready for Ron v. FEC (1:22-cv-03282)
On May 17, 2023, the United States District Court for the District of Columbia (the court) denied Ready for Ron's (plaintiff or RFR) motions for a preliminary injunction and partial …
Read moreMay 5, 2023
Great America PAC v. FEC alleges failure to act on administrative complaint (23-1027)
On April 13, 2023, Great America PAC (plaintiff) filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia alleging the FEC failed to act on its administrative complaint. …
Read moreJanuary 18, 2023
Court grants summary judgment in CLC v. FEC (19-2336)
On December 8, 2022, the United States District Court for the District of Columbia granted summary judgment to the Campaign Legal Center and Catherine Hinckley Kelley (plaintiffs). Plaintiffs sought declaratory …
Read moreJanuary 11, 2023
Ready for Ron v. FEC seeks declaratory and injunctive relief (D.D.C. 1:22-cv-03282)
On October 27, 2022, Ready for Ron (plaintiff or RFR) filed suit against the Commission in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia (the court). Plaintiff claims …
Read moreDecember 14, 2022
District Court grants Commission’s motion to dismiss in CLC v. FEC (22-1976)
On December 8, 2022, the United States District Court for the District of Columbia dismissed without prejudice the Campaign Legal Center’s challenge to the Commission’s dismissal of their administrative complaint …
Read moreDecember 2, 2022
CREW v FEC challenges dismissal of administrative complaint (22-3281)
On October 27, 2022, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW or plaintiff) filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia challenging the Commission’s dismissal …
Read moreNovember 30, 2022
CLC v. FEC challenges dismissal of administrative complaint (22-3319)
On October 28, 2022, Campaign Legal Center and Democracy 21 (plaintiffs) filed suit in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia (the court) to challenge the FEC's …
Read moreNovember 16, 2022
National Republican Senatorial Committee et al v. FEC et al (22-639) challenges limits on coordinated party expenditures
On November 4, 2022, the National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC), National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC), James David Vance, and Steven Joseph Chabot (collectively plaintiffs), filed suit against the Commission in …
Read moreOctober 25, 2022
Common Cause Georgia, et al. v. FEC challenges dismissal of administrative complaint (22-3067)
On October 10, 2022, Common Cause Georgia, et al. (plaintiffs) filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia challenging the Commission’s dismissal of their administrative complaint.