· 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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