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Charitable Contribution Deduction
255 published works
Wills, Trusts & Estates Prof Blog
IRS Denies Charitable Deduction to Attorney Who Donated Timothy McVeigh Files to University
Leslie Steven Jones was a court appointed attorney for Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh. As part of his representation of McVeigh, Jones acquired 171 boxes of documents, computer discs, audio…
Wills, Trusts & Estates Prof Blog
The Hurricane Katrina-Charitable Deduction Interface
Miranda Perry Fleischer (Associate Professor, University of Illinois College of Law) has recently posted her article on SSRN entitled Why Limit Charity? Here is the abstract of the article:In the…
Wills, Trusts & Estates Prof Blog
Charitable Deduction — A New Analysis
David Pozen (Yale University - Law School, Class of 2007) has published the abstract of his article Remapping the Charitable Deduction on SSRN. The full article will be published in…
PropertyProf Blog
GELPI Conference: The Trouble With Conservation Easements
By propertyprof
On the surface, conservation easements seem like a pretty good idea. What could conceivably be wrong with allowing private parties to agree to preserve land in an undeveloped condition? Well,…
ContractsProf Blog
PING: Allegheny AgainURL: http://greyhame.org/archives/2005/09/allegheny_again.htmlIP: 67.15.24.5BLOG NAME: Greyhame: Law and Law SchoolDATE: 09/21/2005 09:47:38 AM I feel sort of smart and like I actually know a little bit. The reasoning given by the New York Appellate Division in Drexel University v. Wirth, one of those evergreen cases about the enforceability of a donative promise,…
Wirth v. Drexel University, a New York case involving Pennsylvania law, raises the seemingly timeless issue whether consideration exists to bind a donor's pledge to make a charitable contribution.Raymond P. Wirth…