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Koch Brothers Battle For Control Of Cato Institute

Nick R. Martin | March 1, 2012, 1:17PM


Edward Crane, Founder and President of the Cato Institute, at the 25th Anniversary of the Washington, DC, conservative think tank, Friday, May 3, 2002.

Billionaire brothers David and Charles Koch launched a legal battle Wednesday over control of the Cato Institute, the influential libertarian think tank one of them helped found nearly 40 years ago.

The Kochs filed a lawsuit in Kansas, where the institute was created, demanding that the widow of its longtime chairman give back his shares of the nonprofit company.

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Topics: Cato Institute, Charles Koch, David Koch, Edward Crane, George Pearson, William Niskanen

Goldwater Institute

Group That May Bring Health-Care Lawsuit Is Backed By Big-Name Conservative Funders

Zachary Roth | April 7, 2010, 11:14AM


Gov. Jan Brewer (R-AZ)

A conservative think tank that's funded by several prominent backers of right-wing causes may bring a lawsuit over health-care reform on behalf of the governor of Arizona.

The Goldwater Institute has offered to bring the suit for free, and Gov. Jan Brewer is considering the offer, a spokeswoman for the institute told TPMmuckraker.

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Topics: American Enterprise Institute, Americans For Prosperity, Astroturf, Barry Goldwater, Cato Institute, DCI Group, Dan Quayle, Dick Armey, Federalist Society, FreedomWorks, Global Warming, Goldwater Institute, Health Care Reform, Heritage Foundation, Jan Brewer, Koch Industries, Terry Goddard

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