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ISRA PAYS HUGE $98,000 JUDGEMENT TO ICHVRefuses insurance company payoff contingent upon removal of Vandermyde, Flanagan from Board Chatsworth, IL (GunNews) The Illinois State Rifle Association Second Vice-President Todd Vandermyde and former director Peter Flanagan had a good idea when they registered a new, gun-rights friendly "Illinois Coalition Against Handgun Violence, Inc." with the Secretary of State's office in 2002. The "old" ICHV had failed to properly renew its corporate registration with the State of Illinois in 2001 and as such, the 25-year-old corporation which lobbied tirelessly against civil rights technically no longer existed. Problems arose in May and June...

Judge awards $98,000 in ISRA funds to handgun control group Monday, March 24, 2003 By The Leader-Chicago Bureau The Illinois State Rifle Association faces paying $98,000 in legal fees to a handgun control group. SPRINGFIELD -- Illinois State Rifle Association members may have to come up with $98,013.20 to pay legal expenses of the Illinois Council Against Handgun Violence for what the ISRA called “an overly cute joke.” Federal Judge James Zagel, formerly with Governor Jim Thompson’s administration, ruled the state affiliate of the National Rifle Association and certain individuals had to pay almost $100,000 in legal fees in a...