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Exhibit 901

Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington v. FEC, No. 18-5261, 971 F.3d 340

Exhibit 901 · Court opinion

Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington v. FEC, No. 18-5261, 971 F.3d 340

The Rule conflicts with the FECA’s unambiguous terms twice over.

Affirmed. The rule required disclosure only of donations earmarked to a particular independent expenditure.

Source
U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Date
21 August 2020
Quoted from
slip op. 19
Grade
Primary record
Document
https://www.fec.gov/resources/cms-content/documents/cgps_185261_ac_opinion.pdf
Accessed
2026-11-10
Cited by
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Finding POL-5.10
Primary record The D.C. Circuit held on 21 August 2020 that 11 CFR 109.10(e)(1)(vi), which limited disclosure of donors to independent expenditures to donations earmarked for a specific expenditure, conflicts with the statute. In Van Hollen v. FEC the district court held 11 CFR 104.20(c)(9), a purpose-based limit on electioneering-communication donor disclosure, contrary to the statute in 2012 and 2014, and the D.C. Circuit reversed on 18 September 2012 and 21 January 2016 and upheld the regulation.