Legal Opinion
Hooker v. Edes Home
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided July 13, 1990No. 89-1316, 89-1534PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FARRELL, Associate Judge:
Four female, elderly and unmarried residents of the District of Columbia appeal from the trial court’s ruling that they lack standing to maintain a class action. They sought to challenge the closing, sale and relocation of a free home (the “Edes Home”) for elderly, indigent widows residing in Georgetown proposed by the Board of Trustees of a charitable corporation (the Trustees or Board) established by a testamentary bequest, and chartered by Congress in 1906, for the purpose of maintaining such a home. 1 They also appeal from the trial court’s denial of their…
2Cases cited12 opinions
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- Averill v. LewisSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1927
- Krauthoff v. Attorney GeneralMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1921
- Lokey v. Texas Methodist FoundationTexas Supreme Court · 1972
- Clevenger v. Rio Farms, Inc.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1947
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3Cited by31 opinions
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- Carl J. Herzog Foundation, Inc. v. University of BridgeportSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1997
- Robert Schalkenbach Foundation v. Lincoln Foundation, Inc.Court of Appeals of Arizona · 2004
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