Legal Opinion · Concurring in part, dissenting in part

In Re Fisk University

Court of Appeals of Tennessee

Decided November 29, 2011No. M2010-02615-COA-R3-CVPublished

1Concurring in part, dissenting in part

FRANK G. CLEMENT, JR., J.,

concurring in part and dissenting in part.

I concur with the majority’s decision to affirm the trial court’s grant of cy pres relief. I write separately to state that I respectfully disagree with the majority’s decision to reverse the trial court’s limitation of the funds awarded to Fisk University to $10 million and the corresponding requirement that the University establish an endowment with the remaining $20 million.

As we explained in our opinion in the first appeal of this matter, Georgia O’Keeffe Foundation (Museum) v. Fisk University, 312 S.W.3d 1 (Tenn.Ct.App.…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Board of Trustees of the Museum of the American Indian v. Board of Trustees of the Huntington Free Library & Reading RoomAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1994
  2. Georgia O'Keeffe Foundation (Museum) v. Fisk UniversityCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 2009

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