Legal Opinion
Petition of the United States on Behalf and for the Benefit of Smithsonian Institution
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided July 31, 2019No. Misc. No. 2013-1454Published
1Opinion of the Court
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA ) PETITION OF THE ) UNITED STATES, ) ) on behalf of and for the ) Civil Action No. 13-mc-1454 (KBJ) benefit of ) ) THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, ) ) Donee. ) ) MEMORANDUM OPINION ADOPTING REPORT & RECOMMENDATION OF THE MAGISTRATE JUDGE On December 30, 2013, the United States, acting on behalf of the Smithsonian Institution (“the Smithsonian”), filed a petition in this Court to modify restrictions on a charitable gift that Dr. Carl J. Drake gave the Smithsonian in 1965. (See Pet. for Modification of a Restricted Endowment Fund and…
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