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Purveyor

(29,876 posts) Thu Mar 1, 2012, 02:16 PM Mar 2012

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Koch Brothers Suing CATO Institute

According to a post at The Washington Post‘s ThinkTanked blog, billionaire brothers Charles and David Koch are suing the Cato Institute, a libertarian think tank that was founded as the Charles Koch Institute in 1974.

The Post reports that it has obtained court papers centered on “the handling of the shares of William A Niskanen, a former chairman of the Cato Institute, following his death October 26, 2011.”

The lawsuit names Charles and David Koch as plaintiffs and the Cato Institute as well as Cato executives Kathryn Washburn and Edward H. Crane, lll, as defendants.

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Koch Brothers Suing CATO Institute (Original Post) Purveyor Mar 2012 OP

Goody. Let them waste lots of money suing each other LiberalEsto Mar 2012 #1

One of tghe few times we're pulling for the lawyers to stretch this out as much as possible muriel_volestrangler Mar 2012 #7

May the pirrhana eat each other alive. ChairmanAgnostic Mar 2012 #2

Why the F* do the Koch bros have any standing to sue? Can they claim that Vincardog Mar 2012 #3

R#3 & K for bwah-ha-HAH!1 n/t UTUSN Mar 2012 #4

March 1, not April 1. Needed to check the date to make sure. aquart Mar 2012 #5

there was adeath on the exec board and Koch wants to seize total control of Cato librechik Mar 2012 #6

This mght be a great fight. ChairmanAgnostic Mar 2012 #9

. lastlib Mar 2012 #8

LiberalEsto

(22,845 posts)

1. Goody. Let them waste lots of money suing each other

Reply to Purveyor (Original post)

Thu Mar 1, 2012, 02:34 PM

Mar 2012

instead of using it to buy elections.

muriel_volestrangler

(101,321 posts)

7. One of tghe few times we're pulling for the lawyers to stretch this out as much as possible

Reply to LiberalEsto (Reply #1)

Thu Mar 1, 2012, 03:50 PM

Mar 2012

Here's hoping it becomes Jarndyce and Jarndyce.

ChairmanAgnostic

(28,017 posts)

2. May the pirrhana eat each other alive.

Reply to Purveyor (Original post)

Thu Mar 1, 2012, 02:37 PM

Mar 2012

Vincardog

(20,234 posts)

3. Why the F* do the Koch bros have any standing to sue? Can they claim that

Reply to Purveyor (Original post)

Thu Mar 1, 2012, 02:52 PM

Mar 2012

Libertarians hurt they quest for FASCISM?

UTUSN

(70,711 posts)

4. R#3 & K for bwah-ha-HAH!1 n/t

Reply to Purveyor (Original post)

Thu Mar 1, 2012, 03:14 PM

Mar 2012

aquart

(69,014 posts)

5. March 1, not April 1. Needed to check the date to make sure.

Reply to Purveyor (Original post)

Thu Mar 1, 2012, 03:36 PM

Mar 2012

News today seems weird.

librechik

(30,674 posts)

6. there was adeath on the exec board and Koch wants to seize total control of Cato

Reply to Purveyor (Original post)

Thu Mar 1, 2012, 03:40 PM

Mar 2012

there was a move to let the widow have the chair--forget that!

ChairmanAgnostic

(28,017 posts)

9. This mght be a great fight.

Reply to librechik (Reply #6)

Thu Mar 1, 2012, 08:02 PM

Mar 2012

lastlib

(23,248 posts)

8. .

Reply to Purveyor (Original post)

Thu Mar 1, 2012, 04:25 PM

Mar 2012

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