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CALIFORNIA MEDICAL ASSN. v. FEC

No. 79-1952.

453 U.S. 182 (1981)

101 S.Ct. 2712

69 L.Ed.2d 567

CALIFORNIA MEDICAL ASSOCIATION ET AL. v. FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 26, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rick C. Zimmerman argued the cause for appellants. With him on the briefs was David E. Willett.

Charles N. Steele argued the cause for appellees. With him on the brief was Kathleen Imig Perkins.*

Louis R. Cohen, A. Stephen Hut, Jr., Roger M. Witten, Kenneth J. Guido, Jr., and Ellen G. Block filed a brief for Common Cause as amicus curiae urging affirmance.

JUSTICE MARSHALL delivered the opinion of the Court with respect to Parts I, II, and IV, and delivered an opinion with respect to Part III, in which JUSTICE BRENNAN, JUSTICE WHITE, and JUSTICE STEVENS joined.

In this case we consider whether provisions of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971, 86 Stat. 11, as amended, 2 U. S. C. § 431 et seq. (1976 ed. and Supp. III), limiting the amount an unincorporated association may contribute to a multicandidate...

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