In Re Fisk University
Court of Appeals of Tennessee
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
- 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
- Georgia O'Keeffe Foundation (Museum) v. Fisk UniversityCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 2009