DOE v. MARTIN

Civ. A. No. 75-0083.

404 F.Supp. 753 (1975)

John DOE and 1974 Socialist Workers Municipal Campaign Committee, Plaintiffs, v. Robert MARTIN, Chairman, District of Columbia Board of Elections and Ethics, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, District of Columbia.

October 22, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John G. Murphy, Jr., Ralph J. Temple, Washington, D. C., for plaintiffs.

Winfred R. Mundle, Gen. Counsel, Board of Elections and Ethics, Washington, D. C., for defendants.

Before LEVENTHAL, Circuit Judge, GESELL and RICHEY, District Judges.


LEVENTHAL, Circuit Judge:

This civil action challenges on constitutional grounds certain disclosure and filing requirements of the 1974 District of Columbia Campaign Finance Reform and Conflict of Interest Act, Pub.L. 93-376, 88 Stat. 446, recently enacted to regulate political campaign finance practices during local elections in the District of Columbia. The Act requires, among other things, public disclosure both of names of contributors and recipients of political...

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