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· 1/8/1934

Burroughs and Cannon v. United States

Citations

  • 290 U.S. 534
  • 54 S. Ct. 287
  • 78 L. Ed. 484
  • 1934 U.S. LEXIS 454

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  • upholding requirement that political committees accepting contributions or making expenditures “for the purpose of influencing” presidential and vice-presidential elections report totals donated and spent as well as names of donors contributing $100 or more
  • “While presidential electors are not officers or agents of the federal government . . . they exercise fed- eral functions under, and discharge duties in virtue of authority conferred by, the Constitution of the United States.”

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Judges: Sutherland, McReynolds

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