Reading Room Document

Employment of relatives who will serve without Compensation

This opinion compiles previous OLC opinions on the several proposed appointments of President Carter's relatives to agencies under his jurisdicition. The memo reiterates the conclusion of those prior opinions that the anti-nepotism statute applies in situations in which the relative will serve without compensation. The OLC does not provide release dates for its opinions, so the release date listed is the date on which the opinion was authored. The original opinion is available at https://justice.gov/olc/page/file/1009461/download.

March 23, 1977