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May 30, 2024
    
    From: Information Division
  Court denies motion to compel in *CREW v. FEC* (22-0035)
      
      On 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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        FEC Record
          
            in: Litigation May 22, 2024
    
    From: Information Division
  *FEC v. Plumbers and Pipefitters Local Union No. 9 et al.* seeks enforcement of conciliation agreement
      
      On May 17, 2024, the Commission filed suit in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia against Plumbers and Pipefitters Local Union No. 9 and its separate segregated fund, ...
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        FEC Record
          
            in: Litigation April 15, 2024
    
    From: Information Division
  *America First Legal Foundation v. FEC* alleges failure to act on administrative complaint (24-517)
      
      On February 25, 2024, America First Legal Foundation (plaintiff) filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia alleging the FEC failed to act on its administrative ...
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        FEC Record
          
            in: Litigation February 16, 2024
    
    From: Information Division
  District court certifies constitutional challenge to coordinated party expenditure limits in *National Republican Senatorial Committee, et al. v. FEC, et al.*, 22-639 (S.D. Ohio)
      
      On January 19, 2024, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio certified to the en banc court of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit ...
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        FEC Record
          
            in: Litigation January 26, 2024
    
    From: Information Division
  Appeals court affirms dismissal of *End Citizens United PAC v. FEC and New Republican PAC* (22-5277)
      
      On January 19, 2024, the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit upheld a district court decision that dismissed a suit brought by End Citizens United ...
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        FEC Record
          
            in: Litigation January 17, 2024
    
    From: Information Division
  Appeals court affirms judgment in *Campaign Legal Center v. FEC* (22-5339)
      
      On January 5, 2024, the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit affirmed a district court decision. The district court had dismissed the Campaign Legal Center’s ...
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        FEC Record
          
            in: Litigation November 29, 2023
    
    From: Information Division
  *Campaign Legal Center, et al. v. FEC* alleges unlawful failure to respond to petition (23-03163)
      
      On October 20, 2023, Campaign Legal Center and OpenSecrets (plaintiffs) filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia alleging that the Commission unlawfully failed to act ...
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        FEC Record
          
            in: Litigation November 2, 2023
    
    From: Information Division
  Court grants summary judgment in *Common Cause Georgia, et al. v. FEC* (22-3067)
      
      On September 29, 2023, the United States District Court for the District of Columbia (the court) granted both parties’ cross-motions for summary judgment in part and denied both motions in ...
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        FEC Record
          
            in: Litigation October 3, 2023
    
    From: Information Division
  District court denies motions to dismiss in *CREW v. FEC* (22-3281)
      
      On September 20, 2023, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia denied both the FEC’s and Intervenor American Action Network’s (AAN) motions to dismiss and stayed the case ...
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        FEC Record
          
            in: Litigation August 17, 2023
    
    From: Information Division
  Commission adopts new agency procedure related to certain litigation
      
      On July 13, 2023, the Commission adopted a new agency procedure related to litigation brought pursuant to 52 U.S.C. 30109(a)(8).Under the Federal Election Campaign Act, complainants may file ...
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            in: Litigation July 20, 2023
    
    From: Information Division
  Court grants FEC’s partial motion to dismiss in *AB PAC v. FEC* (22-2139)
      
      On July 17, 2023, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia (the court) granted the Commission’s partial motion to dismiss an amended complaint from AB PAC (the plaintiff) ...
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            in: Litigation July 12, 2023
    
    From: Information Division
  Appeals court reverses judgment in *End Citizens United PAC v. FEC* (22-5176)
      
      On June 9, 2023, the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia reversed a district court decision that dismissed a suit brought by End Citizens United PAC ...
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            in: Litigation June 16, 2023
    
    From: Information Division
  Court denies plaintiff’s motion for summary judgment in *Ready for Ron v. FEC* (1:22-cv-03282)
      
      On May 17, 2023, the United States District Court for the District of Columbia (the court) denied Ready for Ron's (plaintiff or RFR) motions for a preliminary injunction and partial ...
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        FEC Record
          
            in: Litigation May 5, 2023
    
    From: Information Division
  *Great America PAC v. FEC* alleges failure to act on administrative complaint (23-1027)
      
      On April 13, 2023, Great America PAC (plaintiff) filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia alleging the FEC failed to act on its administrative complaint. ...
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        FEC Record
          
            in: Litigation January 18, 2023
    
    From: Information Division
  Court grants summary judgment in *CLC v. FEC* (19-2336)
      
      On December 8, 2022, the United States District Court for the District of Columbia granted summary judgment to the Campaign Legal Center and Catherine Hinckley Kelley (plaintiffs). Plaintiffs sought declaratory ...
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        FEC Record
          
            in: Litigation January 11, 2023
    
    From: Information Division
  *Ready for Ron v. FEC* seeks declaratory and injunctive relief (D.D.C. 1:22-cv-03282)
      
      On October 27, 2022, Ready for Ron (plaintiff or RFR) filed suit against the Commission in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia (the court). Plaintiff claims ...
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        FEC Record
          
            in: Litigation December 14, 2022
    
    From: Information Division
  District Court grants Commission’s motion to dismiss in *CLC v. FEC* (22-1976)
      
      On December 8, 2022, the United States District Court for the District of Columbia dismissed without prejudice the Campaign Legal Center’s challenge to the Commission’s dismissal of their administrative complaint ...
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        FEC Record
          
            in: Litigation December 2, 2022
    
    From: Information Division
  *CREW v FEC* challenges dismissal of administrative complaint (22-3281)
      
      On October 27, 2022, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW or plaintiff) filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia challenging the Commission’s dismissal ...
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        FEC Record
          
            in: Litigation November 30, 2022
    
    From: Information Division
  *CLC v. FEC* challenges dismissal of administrative complaint (22-3319)
      
      On October 28, 2022, Campaign Legal Center and Democracy 21 (plaintiffs) filed suit in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia (the court) to challenge the FEC's ...
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        FEC Record
          
            in: Litigation November 16, 2022
    
    From: Information Division
  *National Republican Senatorial Committee et al v. FEC et al* (22-639) challenges limits on coordinated party expenditures
      
      On November 4, 2022, the National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC), National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC), James David Vance, and Steven Joseph Chabot (collectively plaintiffs), filed suit against the Commission in ...
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