lobbying contracts
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From 202 U.S. 71 - Hazelton v. Sheckells · 1906Most cited · 57 citing opinions
The general principle was laid down broadly in Providence Tool Co. v. Norris ... that an agreement for compensation to procure a contract from the government to furnish its supplies could not be enforced, irrespective of the question whether improper means were contemplated or used for procuring it. ... [A]ll contracts for a contingent compensation for obtaining legislation were void ... The objection to them rests in their tendency, not in what was done in the particular case.