Lokey v. Texas Methodist Foundation’s Empirical Analysis
1971
Citation profile
1
cited by 1 later decisions
1
states following
April 1972
most recently cited
1 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Cowan v. Cowan · Coffee v. William Marsh Rice University · Phillips v. City of Odessa · Carroll v. City of Beaumont
Most-quoted passages
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“(b) Dr. Monroe Vivion, or, if he shall fail or refuse to serve or to continue to serve in the capacity appointed herein, then to his successor as Executive Director of The Texas Methodist Foundation; and”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“The donors gave him money to spend as he and Methodist Bishop A. Frank Smith deemed best, provided it did not go to the respondent Board.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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