Cohen v. Minneapolis Jewish Fed'n

In 1980, the Melvin Cohen Foundation created a trust to "benefit or carry out the charitable, education[al,] and religious purposes" of defendant Minneapolis Jewish Federation. Dkt. 132-1, at 2. For many years, the Federation distributed funds from the trust without incident, but the relationship between the Federation and the current trustees-plaintiffs Maryjo Cohen, Emanuel Kallina, and Frederic Fransen-has become increasingly acrimonious in recent years, leading to this lawsuit in which each side is suing the other on numerous grounds. (For the remainder of the opinion the court will refer…