Willis Carto archive

Including information about his associates

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)

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

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