Wyo. man donates $1.5 million to defend Ariz. law

by Associated Press (September 2nd, 2010 @ 4:18pm)

PHOENIX - A Wyoming man has given more than $1.5 million to help defend Arizona's controversial immigration enforcement measure in court.

The donation from Timothy Mellon of Saratoga brings to $3.6 million the total in donations to Gov. Jan Brewer's legal defense fund. Mellon could not immediately be reached for comment.

The latest legal bills released Thursday show Brewer's office has spent more than $440,000 for the first two months of defending the law.

The bills, obtained through a public records request by The Associated Press, are for work performed through June. They do not cover July hearings in federal court before a judge temporarily blocked enforcement of the law.

Civil rights groups and the U.S. Justice Department have sued to block the law.

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This guy is loaded too

James F

Timothy Mellon is chairman and majority owner of Pan Am Systems, a transportation holding company. Pan Am has nothing consumer level to boycott... wonder what the pro-criminal crowd will do.

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ANOTHER.

Latino man

Idiot with more money than sense.Keep the money flowing it will only delay SB1070 for a longer period of time before it is completly struck down.

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THE MAN

porshe914

This guy is THE MAN.......

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SB 1070,

abogada987

the Litigator's Dream Act. Big paydays upcoming for the lawyers arguing these cases. Continuing payoffs for the lawyers that will be arguing for defendants/plaintiffs when the bills lawsuits provision is recognized for the wellspring of lawyer welfare that it is.

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