lawsuits 
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SOURCE: Washington Post
10/3/2021
Is this Lawsuit the Last Hope for Justice for Survivors of the Tulsa Massacre?
The lawsuit by survivors and their descendants argues that the massacre's effects constitute an "ongoing nuisance," a theory used successfully by the state to sue a pharmaceutical company for the damages of the opioid epidemic.
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SOURCE: UPI
6-12-13
Lawsuit: Amelia Earhart's plane found in 2010, discovery concealed
The group conducting a search for Amelia Earhart's plane strongly denied charges they had found the aircraft in 2010 and hid it from donors.Timothy Mellon, the son of philanthropist Paul Mellon and a major contributor to The International Group for Historic Aircraft Recovery sued the group on June 3, alleging TIGHAR found the famed airplane in a 2010 expedition, then hid the news so it could keep fundraising.Mellon donated $1 million that helped fund the 2012 expedition that may have indeed turned up the long-awaited evidence of Earhart's plane.Ric Gillespie, the executive director of TIGHAR, called the lawsuit frivolous....
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