Legal Opinion
John Thorpe v. Borough of Jim Thorpe
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided October 23, 2014No. 13-2446, 13-2451PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
McKEE, Chief Judge.
I. INTRODUCTION
Jim Thorpe, multi-sport Olympic gold medalist (“Thorpe”), died in California in 1953 without a will. 1 His estate was assigned to his third wife, Patricia (“Patsy”), 2 who eventually buried him in what is now Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania (“the Borough”). Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania was a newly-formed borough that had been created from the merger of the boroughs of Mauch Chunk and East Mauch Chunk. Thorpe was buried in this new borough over the objections of several children from his previous marriages. Thorpe was a Native American of Sauk heritage and a…
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