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Schlafly family dispute makes rare case law before high court
In what Missouri Supreme Court Judge Mary R. Russell noted was the sixth abuse of process case before the court in 50 years, the son of the late political activist Phyllis Schlafly won on appeal against his sister.
In high court, Schlafly siblings untangle one string in a web of trust lawsuits
In the latest chapter of the Phyllis Schlafly legal saga, her son appealed his sister’s former litigation against him over the late activist’s trust.
Appeals court denies injunction for Schlafly trusts
A federal appeals court has denied injunctive relief to the trusts of the late conservative activist and Eagle Forum founder Phyllis Schlafly in an intellectual property dispute sparked by a schism between her adult children involving future control of the organization. On May 22, a three-judge panel from the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals […]
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