District court dismisses McDonald v. FEC (25-153)
On July 9, 2025, the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas Fort Worth Division (the court) granted the Commission’s motion to dismiss for lack of subject …
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On July 9, 2025, the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas Fort Worth Division (the court) granted the Commission’s motion to dismiss for lack of subject …
Read moreOn June 26, 2025, the United States District Court for the District of Columbia (the Court) granted summary judgment to Campaign Legal Center (Plaintiff). Plaintiff had challenged the FEC’s dismissal …
Read moreOn June 9, 2025, the United States Justice Foundation and Policy Issues Institute, its President James V. Lacy, and Alexander Tomescu (plaintiffs) filed suit in the U.S. District Court for …
Read moreOn June 3, 2025, the U. S. District Court for the District of Columbia (the court) granted motions to dismiss filed by the President and Attorney General and, separately, the …
Read moreOn March 17, 2025, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia (the court) denied the FEC’s motion for voluntary remand and granted Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in …
Read moreOn February 28, 2025, the Democratic National Committee, DSCC, and DCCC (collectively, plaintiffs) filed suit in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia (the court) challenging section …
Read moreOn February 18, 2025, Tony McDonald (plaintiff) filed suit against the Commission in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas Fort Worth Division (the court). Plaintiff …
Read moreOn December 16, 2024, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia entered a Consent Judgment against Plumbers and Pipefitters Local Union No. 9 (Union) and Plumbers and Pipefitters …
Read moreOn November 1, 2024, the United States District Court for the District of Columbia denied the DCCC's request to consolidate its motion for a preliminary injunction with trial on the …
Read moreOn October 17, 2024, DCCC filed suit in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia (the court), alleging that the Commission’s failure to render an advisory opinion …
Read moreOn September 23, 2024, the United States District Court for the District of Columbia dismissed a suit filed by Campaign Legal Center and Democracy 21 (plaintiffs). The suit alleged organizational …
Read moreOn September 9, 2024, Campaign Legal Center (plaintiff) filed suit in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. Plaintiff is challenging the FEC's dismissal of an administrative …
Read moreOn August 30, 2024, Rev. David Lewicki and Vladimir Shklovsky (plaintiffs) filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia challenging the Commission’s dismissal of their administrative …
Read moreOn September 5, 2024, the en banc U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit affirmed that the Federal Election Campaign Act’s (the Act) limits on coordinated party expenditures do …
Read moreOn August 1, 2024, the United States District Court for the District of Columbia granted the Commission’s motion to dismiss a complaint filed by Free Speech for People and Campaign …
Read moreOn July 11, 2024, Colleen and Steve Oliver (plaintiffs) filed suit against the Commission in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio Western Division (the court). …
Read moreOn July 8, 2024, the United States Circuit Court for the District of Columbia (the appeals court) upheld the District Court's summary judgment in favor of the Campaign Legal Center …
Read moreOn July 1, 2024, the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit (the appeals court) vacated the district court’s grant of summary judgment and subsequent final judgment in …
Read moreOn May 10, 2024, the United States District Court for the District of Columbia (the court) denied Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington’s (CREW) motion to compel the Commission …
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