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Charitable Trusts
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Wills, Trusts & Estates Prof Blog
More Thoughts on the Estate of James Brown
I have previously discussed the problems surrounding the Estate of James Brown, and the recent refusal of requests made under the Freedom of Information Act by Attorney General Alan Wilson.An old…
Charities & Not-For-Profits Law in Australia
Trust Funds for Charitable Purposes – the High Court Rules
By Bill d'Apice
Summary - The High Court handed down its decision in Commissioner of Taxation v Bargwanna on 29 March 2012 ruling that trust funds in a charitable trust must be applied…
New York Trusts & Estates Litigation
Court Decides Issue Of Standing To Participate In Cy Pres Proceeding
If the intended recipient of a charitable bequest can no longer be identified, an executor or trustee will often commence a cy pres proceeding in the Surrogate's Court to determine…
Litigation & Trial
The Barnes Museum and The Dilemma of Dead-Hand Control
At the Weekly Standard, art critic Lance Esplund has an essay decrying the upcoming move of the Barnes Museum from Lower Merion, Pa., to Philadelphia: Now after years of litigation,…
Florida Probate & Trust Litigation Blog
2d DCA to Florida philanthropists: don’t waste your time suing charities in the absence of a written trust or gift agreement
In the 1980's Florida philanthropist Edwin H. Bower made large charitable donations to the Foundation for the Developmentally Disabled, Inc. (the “Foundation”) through his charitable foundation, The Bower Foundation. Mr. Bower intended…
Nonprofit Law Prof Blog
Analysis of Provena Decision
Well, I now have the opinion (you can find it here), I have read it, and it is . . . complicated. Here’s why. The Illinois Supreme Court consists of…
PropertyProf Blog
McLaughlin and Weeks on Conservation Easements and Charitable Trust Doctrine
By propertyprof
Nancy A. McLaughlin (Utah) and W. William Weeks (Indiana-Bloomington) have posted Hicks v. Dowd, Conservation Easements, and the Charitable Trust Doctrine: Setting the Record Straight on SSRN. Here's the abstract:This…
Nonprofit Law Prof Blog
UCLA Medical School Professor Settles Lawsuit and Agrees to Repay Charity
The Los Angeles Times reported on December 4, 2009 that "[a] UCLA School of Medicine professor of cardiothoracic surgery has settled a lawsuit brought by the state attorney general forcing…
Nonprofit Law Prof Blog
Tate: Should Charitable Trust Enforcement Rights Be Assignable?
Joshua C. Tate (SMU) has posted Should Charitable Trust Enforcement Rights Be Assignable? (Chicago-Kent Law Review, forthcoming) on SSRN. Here is the abstract:In recent years, scholars have given much attention…
PropertyProf Blog
Tate on Assignability of Charitable Trust Enforcement Rights
By propertyprof
Joshua C. Tate (SMU) has posted Should Charitable Trust Enforcement Rights Be Assignable? on SSRN. Here's the abstract:In recent years, scholars have given much attention to the problem of charitable…