CRA Prevails in Court

On June 17, the California Republican Assembly won a significant legal battle that had been initiated by some of its members, including Scott Voigts of Lake Forest. Voigts was a former CRA board member who was defeated in the organization’s April 17 election. On June 17, CRA President Celeste Greig issued the statement below.

Lawsuit update: Victory for CRA

As you know, three CRA members Tom Rogers, Scott Voigts and Tim Lefever and a local CRA unit sued CRA in Superior Court in Sacramento wishing to overthrow CRA's lawful elections at our April 15-17, 2011, convention. CRA responded with a Motion to Compel the Plaintiffs' case into the Alternative Dispute Resolution process under the California Republican Party's Bylaws section 3.09. CRA, as a chartered Republican volunteer organization, and its members, are required to submit this type of dispute, if it cannot be resolved internally in CRA, to ADR under CRP's Bylaws.

When CRA filed this motion, President Celeste Greig called upon the Plaintiffs, Mr. Voigts, Mr. Rogers, Mr. Lefever, etc., to join CRA by agreeing to have the Court send this matter to CRP's ADR process. Unfortunately, Mr. Voigts, Mr. Rogers and the rest of the Plaintiffs opposed the motion wanting everyone to spend months in the courtroom and thousands and thousands of volunteer dollars in legal fees and costs.

On June 16, the judge in our case granted CRA's motion and noted to the Plaintiffs that this is exactly the type of political dispute that does not belong in a Courtroom. President Celeste Greig stated: "We are very grateful to the judge for granting CRA's motion and sending this dispute to the CRP ADR process. CRA is also grateful that the judge understood that this is not the type of case that belongs in a courtroom. We now call upon the Plaintiffs to drop this matter in its entirety and let us all prepare to elect a new President of the United States in 2012, elect and re-elect Conservative Republican candidates, increase our voter registration and continue the Reagan Revolution. Congratulations go to CRA's legal team for preparing and arguing to the Court the successful motion."

President Greig continued "Thank you so much to every CRA member and unit/club that has sent in or is sending in donations to our legal defense fund. We still need your contributions to pay for our excellent legal team and for the high costs this lawsuit has forced us to incur." You can send your donations to the CRA Legal Defense Fund at 9250 Reseda Blvd. PMB 281, Northridge, CA  91324.