Schlafly’s Conservative Donor Lists Stay in Heirs’ Estate Fight

The legal struggle between Phyllis Schlafly’s children over use of her conservative donor lists will remain as part of a suit involving Schlafly’s intellectual property rights, a federal court in Missouri said.

Schlafly transferred all her intellectual property rights, copyrights, moral rights, and trademark rights to the Phyllis Schlafly Revocable Trust, of which her son, John Schlafly, is trustee. Upon her death, PSRT was instructed to transfer those rights to the Phyllis Schlafly Royalty Trust II.

Schlafly’s will leaves all the rest of her property to PSRT. Schlafly died in 2016, but her estate hasn’t distributed her assets yet.

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