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RIGHT TO LIFE DUTCHESS COUNTY v. FED. ELECT. COM`N

No. 97 CIV. 2614(SHS).

6 F.Supp.2d 248 (1998)

RIGHT TO LIFE OF DUTCHESS COUNTY, INC., Plaintiff, v. FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION, Defendant.

United States District Court, S.D. New York.

June 1, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul R. Scholle, Bopp, Coleson & Bostrom, Terre Haute, IN, for Plaintiff.

William S. Shackelford, Federal Election Commission, Washington, DC, for Defendant.

OPINION

STEIN, District Judge.

The issue for resolution is whether a Federal Election Commission ("FEC") regulation, which defines the scope of the prohibition on corporate "express advocacy" of the election or defeat of candidates for federal office, is consistent with the strictures imposed by the United States Supreme Court to avoid impinging on rights of expression protected by the First Amendment. This Court finds that the regulation is impermissibly...

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