Chip Mellor

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William H. "Chip" Mellor serves as the President and General Counsel of the Institute for Justice, which he founded with Clint Bolick in 1991.

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[edit] Prior to the Institute for Justice

Mellor received his B.A. from Ohio State University in 1973 and his J.D. from the University of Denver School of Law in 1977. From 1979-1983, Chip practiced public interest law with Mountain States Legal Foundation in Denver, Colorado. Following his time there, Mellor served in the Ronald Reagan Administration as Deputy General Counsel for Legislation and Regulations in the Department of Energy.

After his time serving under President Reagan, Chip served as the president of the Pacific Research Institute for Public Policy, a nationally recognized 'thinktank' located in San Francisco, California. Under Chip's leadership, the Institute commissioned and published books on civil rights, property rights, technology, and the First Amendment.

[edit] The Institute for Justice

Under Chip's leadership, the Institute for Justice has won two Supreme Court of the United States victories. The first, Zelman v. Simmons-Harris [1] , upheld Cleveland's school voucher program. The second, Granholm v. Heald[2], struck down New York's ban on interstate wine sales.

Aside from the two aforementioned Supreme Court cases, Mellor has been involved in the issue of eminent domain. He has worked to draw attention to Kelo v. City of New London[3], a Supreme Court eminent domain case litigated by Institute for Justice lawyers Scott Bullock and Dana Berliner. Chip has also worked with University of Chicago professor Richard Epstein on amicus briefs for eight property rights cases before the U.S. Supreme Court.

[edit] News and publications

Mellor has appeared in the Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, New York Times, USA Today, Financial Times, Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, Washington Times, Philadelphia Inquirer, New York Sun, Boston Globe, New York Post, Forbes, National Law Journal, Reason, National Review, Investor's Business Daily, ABC, NBC, CBS, CNN, The Today Show, and numerous other radio and television broadcasts and publications.

[edit] External links

March 2008 interview with Reason Magazine.

Audio interview with the Property and Environment Research Center: [1]

Mellor's Institute for Justice profile page: [2]

Article; How Laws Kill Entrepreneurs by Chip Mellor and Clint Bolick: [3]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Oyez: Zelman v. Simmons-Harris, 536 U.S. 639 (2002), U.S. Supreme Court Case Summary & Oral Argument
  2. ^ Oyez: Granholm v. Heald, 544 U.S. 460 (2005), U.S. Supreme Court Case Summary & Oral Argument
  3. ^ Oyez: Kelo v. City of New London, 545 U.S. ___ (2005), U.S. Supreme Court Case Summary & Oral Argument