Legal Opinion
Wachovia Bank and Trust Company, NA v. Buchanan
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided June 30, 1972No. Civ. A. 112-71PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
PARKER, District Judge.
In these proceedings the trustee under a testamentary trust and the executor under the will seek construction of certain provisions of the trust instrument and instructions as to whether the trustee may administer the trust without reference to racial instructions imposed by the settlor. The trust provided scholarships in the form of grants and loans to “white boys and girls” attending the University of North Carolina.
The matter was heard on plaintiffs’ motion for summary judgment construing the will. The issues presented to the Court for determination…
2Cases cited23 opinions
- Shelley v. KraemerSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
- Burton v. Wilmington Parking AuthoritySupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- Evans v. NewtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Pennsylvania v. Board of Directors of City Trusts of PhiladelphiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
- Howard Savings Inst. of Newark v. PeepSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1961
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3Cited by12 opinions
- Shapiro v. Columbia Union National Bank & Trust Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1978
- Tinnin v. First United Bank of MississippiMississippi Supreme Court · 1987
- Colin McK. Grant Home v. MedlockCourt of Appeals of South Carolina · 1986
- Gallaudet University v. National Society of the Daughters of the American RevolutionCourt of Special Appeals of Maryland · 1997
- BD. OF TRUSTEES OF UNIV. OF NC v. Heirs of PrinceSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1984
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