by Tom Jackman Washington Post The fight by a conservative legal group and Del. Robert Marshall (R-Prince William) to obtain the e-mails written by leading climate change scientist Michael E. Mann while he was at the University of Virginia was shot down by a judge in Prince William County last year. But Marshall and the legal group appealed, and [...]
by Bryan McKenzie The Daily Progress Efforts by a conservative group to gain access to data and emails used by a former University of Virginia researcher who studied climate change could change legal interpretations of the state’s freedom of information laws. The Virginia Supreme Court has agreed to hear an appeal by The American Tradition [...]
Yesterday the American Tradition Institute (ATI) participated in more than four hours of oral argument in the Prince William County Circuit Court, in its effort to have faculty emails which were paid for by the taxpayer, in pursuit of taxpayer funded employment, declared public records, declared subject to the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (VFOIA) and [...]
by Tom Jackman Washington Post The battle over global warming in Prince William County Circuit Court, focused on renowned climate scientist Michael E. Mann, was either an assault on science or a search for the truth, depending on whose briefs you were reading. But after reading all the briefs, a judge ruled Monday that Mann’s e-mail correspondence was exempt from [...]
PRESS RELEASE: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE The ongoing saga of the American Tradition Institute versus the University of Virginia moved forward this week with filing of the arguments of the parties on the central issues of the case. The legal arguments are shaping up to be all about academic freedom and less about whether the University can [...]
UPDATE It appears UVA gave Michael Mann a copy of the documents we have sought and under law this means UVA waived its right to withhold the documents from us. UVA effectively admitted they gave the emails to Mann and in their most recent motion and legal memorandum they argue we are trying to do an “end [...]
PRESS RELEASE For Immediate Release Washington, D.C. January 25, 2012 On Tuesday the American Tradition Institute’s Environmental Law Center sent the University of Virginia and Michael Mann copies of 40 emails selected as examples of the 27 categories identified as benefitting from the Court’s review of UVA and Mann’s claims that emails in the taxpayer-funded [...]
