Willis Carto archive

Legal actions involving Willis Allison Carto

A Sampling of the Carto-initiated lawsuits attacking the IHR

See also the comprehensive listing of cases involving Willis Carto and the Legion for the Survival of Freedom/Institute for Historical Review.

• Kerr, Carto vs. IHR — action to wrest control of the LSF from the legal board of directors
• HEF vs. IHR — action to collect a bogus Carto note for $186,000
• HEF vs. IHR — action to collect a bogus Carto note for $40,000
• Carto, Furr vs. Allen, Curry, and Berg — yet another attempt to wrest control of the LSF from the legal board of directors
• Carto vs. Rooker — the massive civil rights lawsuit
• Carto vs. Raven, Weber — Carto demands the return of an imaginary rubber boat!
• Carto vs. Weber, Raven, etc al — a $100 million lawsuit that adds false claims of defamation and interference with Carto’s business to age-old (and previously litigated) claims about who controls the LSF/IHR.
• Liberty Lobby vs. Kirk Lyons, LSF, and Mark Weber — a $43 million lawsuit attempting to re-litigate (once again!) issues long since decided under the guise of alleged violations of the Lanham Act.
• Hereford Corporation v. LSF — A lawsuit intended to delay or stop the sale of the Carto hillside mansion in Escondido, California.
• Carto v. Weber, Raven, and IHR — Carto’s third defamation suit, this one brought by Howard Singleton (based on legal work by Mark Lane) in Texas. (11/20/2001)
  • News release on this suit. (11/30/2001)

Suits against Carto by the Legion for the Survival of Freedom, Inc. (parent of the IHR)

• LSF vs.FDFA — action to prevent Carto from again attempting to seize control of the LSF offices by force
• LSF vs. Scott, Carto — action to injoin Carto and others from holding themselves out as representing the LSF
• LSF vs. Carto, Fischer, et al — 1993 action to recover $7.5 million

Other legal actions involving Carto

• Anderson v. Liberty Lobby (June 25, 1986)
• Liberty Lobby v. Dow Jones (publisher of the Wall Street Journal) — 1988 Appeal before Judge Robert Bork New!
• Carto vs. the FEC — Round 1 (October 1990)
• Carto vs. the FEC — Round 2 (preamble, May 1992)
• Carto vs. the FEC — Round 2 (conclusion, April 1995)
• Carto vs. Hulsy — harassment suit aimed at LSF’s able attorney Bill Hulsy
• The Costa Mesa Police Criminal Investigation of Carto and Fischer
• The Populist Party also has prevailed in a suit involving Carto (October 30, 1997)
• Liberty Lobby files for bankruptcy protection under Chapter 11 (reorganization)
• Willis and Elisabeth Carto file for personal bankruptcy under Chapter 7 (liquidation)
• Liberty Lobby files for bankruptcy protection again under Chapter 11 (reorganization)

See also:

• Documents from Forbearance Agreement 1
• Documents from Forbearance Agreement 2