Wednesday, January 30, 2013

Federal Election Commn. v. Akins case brief

Federal Election Commn. v. Akins case summary
524 U.S. 11 (1998)

PROCEDURAL HISTORY: Respondent voters sought review of an order of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia that affirmed an order granting summary judgment to petitioner political action committee after it found respondents did not have standing to challenge the Federal Election Commission's determination that petitioner was not a political action committee.

FACTS:
-The Federal Election Campaign Act (Act), 2 U.S.C.S. § 431 et seq., imposed extensive recordkeeping and disclosure requirements on political action committees.
-The Federal Election Commission (FEC) found that petitioner was not a political action committee within the meaning of the Federal Election Campaign Act (Act), 2 U.S.C.S. § 431 et seq.
-Respondent voters sought challenged that determination. The lower court found that respondents did not have standing to challenge the FEC's order. The intermediate appellate court affirmed. Respondents sought review.
-The court found that 2 U.S.C.S. § 437g(a)(1) provided any person who believed a violation of the Act had occurred to file a complaint with the FEC.
-Any party aggrieved by an order of the FEC that dismissed a complaint filed by such party could file a petition in court to seek review of the dismissal. 2 U.S.C.S. § 437g(8)(A).
-The court reversed and remanded because the injury related to voting, the most basic of political rights, and was sufficiently concrete that the fact it was widely shared did not deprive Congress of the power to authorize its vindication in federal courts.

CONCLUSION: Judgment of the intermediate appellate court that affirmed an order dismissing respondent voter's suit was reversed and the case was remanded, because respondent voters had standing to challenge an order of the Federal Election Commission that found petitioner was not a political action committee within the definition of the Federal Election Campaign Act.

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