Lawsuits over the identity of the actual officers of the national Reform Party have been in almost continuous existence since 2004. One case, in federal court in New York, is still active. It is Frank MacKay v Kay Allison Crews, in the eastern district, 2:09-cv-2218.

On October 1, 2009, the Defendants, who include the national party officers chosen at a convention in Texas in 2008 under the supervision of a court-appointed receiver, filed a brief to dismiss the case. The national officers chosen in the 2008 Texas convention are David Collison, chair; Rodney Martin, vice-chair; Janelle Skinner-Weill, secretary; and Beverly Kennedy, treasurer.

The existing case in New York was first filed in State Court, in 2008, on behalf of Frank MacKay, who had been elected National Chair at a different national convention, held in Sacramento, California. The New York state judge had issued an Temporary Restraining Order on May 28, 2008, and a Temporary Injunction on July 17, 2008, to stop the national convention in Texas. However, the Texas convention was held anyway. The Texas defendants in the New York state case transferred the New York case to federal court on May 27, 2009, and that case is now proceeding.