Legal Opinion

Dulles v. Johnson

Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

Decided December 14, 1959No. 155, Docket 25252PublishedCited by 35 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

WATERMAN, Circuit Judge.

William Nelson Cromwell, a prominent New York City attorney, died in 1948. In addition to specific bequests, he provided in his will that the residue of his estate was to be divided into one hundred equal parts and distributed to various groups and organizations. Three of these parts were bequeathed to the New York County Lawyers Association, three parts to the Association of the Bar of the City of New York, and two parts to the New York State Bar Association. Two parts were bequeathed to “The William Nelson Cromwell Foundation for Research of the Law and Legal History…

2Cases cited23 opinions

  1. Better Business Bureau of Washington, D. C., Inc. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
  2. Harrison v. Northern Trust Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1943
  3. R.I. Bar Asso. v. Auto. Service Asso.Supreme Court of Rhode Island · 1935
  4. People v. . AlfaniNew York Court of Appeals · 1919
  5. Hexter Title & Abstract Co. v. Grievance CommitteeTexas Supreme Court · 1944

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3Cited by35 opinions

  1. Lathrop v. DonohueSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
  2. Church in Boston v. CommissionerUnited States Tax Court · 1978
  3. Copyright Clearance Center, Inc. v. CommissionerUnited States Tax Court · 1982
  4. Mosells Silvey Pitner v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1967
  5. St. Louis Union Trust Company, of the Estate of Frank Landwehr, Deceased v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1967

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