The Minuteman Litigation: An Update

The LA Times (here) reports that Minuteman Project co-founder Jim Gilchrist and his opponents within the anti-illegal-immigration group both claimed victory Friday after an Orange County Superior Court judge put Gilchrist back in charge of the organization’s funds but indicated that those assets might soon be put into receivership. Judge Randell L. Wilkinson wrote Thursday that the court found “serious issues concerning the credibility of the claims of both Jim Gilchrist and the defendants to control the affairs of the Minuteman Project.” Wilkinson will consider April 25 whether a court-appointed third party should manage the Minuteman Project’s assets until the issue of who controls the organization is decided.

Gilchrist, who ran for Congress last year, filed the lawsuit in February after three board members voted to oust him, alleging financial mismanagement.

KJ