Legal Opinion
In re the United States ex rel. Smithsonian Institution
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided January 31, 1980No. Civ. A. No. 77-0320PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*1224MEMORANDUM OPINION
BARRINGTON D. PARKER, District Judge:
Introduction
In this proceeding brought by the United States1 the Court is called upon to construe the terms and conditions of two separate charitable gifts made to the Smithsonian Institution in 1969 and to instruct the Smithsonian as to its duties and obligations as trustee. The gifts were substantial and were among the largest ever made to the Institution. Their present combined value is in the neighborhood of $15 million.
While the donors were different, Mr. J. Seward Johnson of the Johnson & Johnson pharmaceutical family was a moving…
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