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Cy Pres
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Class Action Defense Blog
California Federal Court Rejects Cy Pres Distribution In Massive Class Action
By Gerald L. Maatman, Jr., Eden E. Anderson, and Eisha Perry Duane Morris Takeaways: Judge William Alsup of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California issued a…
Legal Theory Blog
Chang on Trust Donor Intent and Contemporary Circumstances and Values
Cheng-chi (Kirin) Chang (Emory University School of Law) & Yenpo Tseng (Cornell Law School) have posted Trust Issues: Navigating Donor Intent in a Changing World (17 Estate Planning & Community…
Archer Estate & Trust Litigation Law
Appellate Division Invokes Cy Pres Doctrine to Further Decedent’s Charitable Intent
Matter of Estate of Heinecke, No. A-3604-21, 2024 WL 1125186 (N.J. Super. Ct. App. Div. March 15, 2024) This case centers around the modification of a will under the cy…
Wills, Trusts & Estates Prof Blog
Article: Confusing Cy Près
CJ Ryan (Indiana University Maurer School of Law) recently published, Confusing Cy Près, Georgia Law Review, Vol. 58. 2023. Provided below is an Abstract: American courts have increasingly considered the…
Wills, Trusts & Estates Prof Blog
Article: Confusing Cy Près
CJ Ryan (Indiana University Maurer School of Law) recently published, Confusing Cy Près, Georgia Law Review, Vol. 58. 2023. Provided below is an Abstract:American courts have increasingly considered the possibility…
Inside Class Actions
Federal Court Rejects Class Action Settlement Over Cy Pres Provision
Cy pres (or “next best”) provisions are a relatively common provision of class action settlements. The cy pres doctrine permits funds from a cash settlement in a class action to…
Nonprofit Law Prof Blog
Ryan: Cy Près and Religious Discrimination
C.J. Ryan (University of Louisville) has posted Nearer to Thee: Cy Près and Religious Discrimination. Here is the abstract:In the law of charitable trusts, courts wield exceptional power with respect…
Archer Estate & Trust Litigation Law
Appellate Division Considers Cy Pres Doctrine and a University’s Evolving Needs
In the Matter of The Eleanor M. Weisbrod Endowed Scholarship, Docket No. A-2199-21 (N.J. Super. App. Div. April 6, 2023) This decision addresses an application by Georgian Court University (GCU)…
Nonprofit Law Prof Blog
Ryan: An Historical and Empirical Analysis of the Cy-Près Doctrine
Professor CJ Ryan (University of Louisville - Louis D. Brandeis School of Law) has posted An Historical and Empirical Analysis of the Cy-Près Doctrine, 48 ACTEC Law Journal (Forthcoming 2023).…
Wills, Trusts & Estates Prof Blog
Article: An Historical and Empirical Analysis of the Cy-Près Doctrine
CJ Ryan (Associate Professor of Law at the University of Louisville Brandeis School of Law) recently published an article entitled, An Historical and Empirical Analysis of the Cy-Près Doctrine, ACTEC…