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Charitable Trusts
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Enforcement of Charitable Gifts by Donors
Iris J. Goodwin (Associate Professor, University of Tennessee College of Law) has recently published her article entitled Donor Standing to Enforce Charitable Gifts: Civil Society vs. Donor Empowerment, 58 Vand.…
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Cy Pres Applied
The decedent's will created two charitable trusts, one for each of two hospitals both of which were referred to by name and location. One of the hospitals was acquired by…
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Circumventing the Settlor’s Intent in Charitable Trusts
Robert E. Atkinson (the Ruden, McClosky, Smith, Schuster & Russell Professor of Law at the Florida State University College of Law) has recently released an interesting paper entitled Low Road…
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Implementation of Hawaiian Trust Deemed Discriminatory
The Ninth Circuit has recently released its opinion in Doe v. Kamehameha Schools/Bernice Pauahi Bishop Estate, 416 F.3d 1025 (9th Cir. 2005), holding that the way in which a charitable…
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Conservation Easements
Prof. Nancy A. McLaughlin of the University of Utah - S.J. Quinney College of Law has recently posted on SSRN her article entitled Rethinking the Perpetual Nature of Conservation Easements.Here…
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Attorney General Blog
Jim Tierney provides the following information:While I am not a law professor, I have taught a course on state AG's at Columbia for the last five years. I also am…
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Recent Articles
The following list of recent articles is from my column, Keeping Current--Probate which will appear in the May/June 2005 issue of Probate & Property magazine. I thought you might enjoy…
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Trusts, Hockey, and the Stanley Cup
The coveted Stanley Cup for excellence in hockey is one of the most cherished awards in sports since Lord Stanley purchased the trophy in 1892 and delivered it to Sheriff…
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Trust for Every Adult American
In Marsh v. Frost National Bank, 129 S.W.3d 174 (Tex. App.—Corpus Christi-Edinburg 2004, pet. denied), Testator’s will contained a provision requiring the executor to sell certain property, invest the proceeds,…