Federal Election Commission v. Ted Haley Congressional Committee

852 F.2d 1111 57 USLW 2085 FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. TED HALEY CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEE; Theodore R. Haley; Joanne Alger; Sallie Baine; Dona Carlson; George W. Edman; Frederick T. Haley; Richard G. Haley, Defendants-Appellees. Nos. 87-3867, 87-4248. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted June 9, 1988. Decided July 22, 1988. Lawrence M. Noble, Richard B. Bader, and Jacqueline Jones-Smith, Washington, D.C., for plaintiff-appellant. Jonathan I. Feil, Simburg, Ketter, Haley, Sheppard & Purdy, Seattle, Wash., for defendants-appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington. Before WRIGHT, BRUNETTI, and TROTT, Circuit Judges. BRUNETTI, Circuit Judge: 1 The parties in this appeal are plaintiff/appellant Federal Election Commission (FEC) and defendant/appellee Ted Haley Congressional Committee (committee). There are also various individual defendants/appellees, who made alleged contributions to the committee. 2 Theodore R. Haley (Haley) ran unsuccessfully in the November 1982 general election for the Sixth District Congressional Seat in the United States House of Representatives.…