Georgia O’Keeffe Foundation (Museum) v. Fisk University

The Attorney General intervened to represent the public interest in Fisk University’s cy pres court action seeking approval to transfer half of its interest in the Stieglitz Collection, an art and photography collection.

Press Releases

• Attorney General Statement on Chancery Court Decision (August 20, 2010)
• Attorney General Files for Potential Temporary Stieglitz Collection Display Arrangement (#10-33, September 10, 2010)
• Committee of Experts (September 10, 2010)
• Statement from the Attorney General's Office (September 14, 2010)
• Statement from the Attorney General's Office (October 8, 2010)
• Statement from the Office of Attorney General Bob Cooper Regarding Filings in Davidson County Chancery Court Regarding Fisk University Art Sale (October 22, 2010)

 

State Court Filings in Fisk University

• Brief of Attorney General and Reporter (September 8, 2008)
• Answer of the Attorney General and Reporter in Opposition to Application for Permission to Appeal (September 28, 2009)
• Court of Appeals Opinion (July 14, 2009)
• Fisk University's Motion for Costs (March 11, 2010)
• Pre-Trial Brief of Intervenor Attorney General and Reporter for the State of Tennessee (August 9, 2010)
  
• Chancery Court Memorandum and Order (August 20, 2010)
• Proposal of Intervenor Attorney General and Reporter for the State of Tennessee for the Display and Maintenance of the Alfred Stieglitz Collection (September 10, 2010)

Exhibit A:  Affidavit of Rich Boyd
Exhibit B:  Affidavit of William R. Frist
Exhibit 1 to Exhibit B
Exhibit 2 to Exhibit B
Exhibit 3 to Exhibit B
Exhibit 4 to Exhibit B
Exhibit 5 to Exhibit B
Exhibit C: Term Sheet between the Tennessee Arts Commission, the Frist Center for the Visual Arts, Inc., and the Metropolitan Development and Housing Agency of the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County
Exhibit D: Affidavit of Phil Ryan
Collective Exhibit E
Collective Exhibit F


• Memorandum and Order (September 14, 2010)
• Motion to Clarify the Court's Memorandum and Order of September 14, 2010 (September 17, 2010)
• Memorandum (September 20, 2010)
• Supplemental Brief of Fisk University with Regard to Proposals to Preserve and Exhibit the Alfred Stieglitz Art Collection (October 8, 2010)
• Brief of Attorney General and Reporter for the State of Tennessee with Respect to Alternatives for the Display and Maintenance of the Alfred Stieglitz Collection (October 22, 2010)
• Brief of Attorney General and Reporter for the State of Tennessee in Opposition to Fisk University's Proposal for the Display and Maintenance of the Alfred Stieglitz Collection (October 22, 2010)
• Memorandum and Order (November 3, 2010)
• Memorandum and Order (November 9, 2010)
• Notice of Appeal (December 2, 2010)
• Attorney General and Reporter's Response to Fisk University's Motion for Costs (December 13, 2010)
• Order (December 15, 2010)
• Order (December 20, 2010)
• Brief of Appellant (April 7, 2011)
• Brief of Intervenor – Appellee Attorney General and Reporter (May 9, 2011)
• Brief of Amici Curiae the Task Force for the Rescue and Restoration of Fisk University (May 9, 2011)
• Reply of Appellant Fisk University to Brief of Intervenor-Appellee Attorney General (May 23, 2011)
• Court of Appeals Opinion (November 29, 2011)
• Application of the Tennessee Attorney General for Permission to Appeal (January 30, 2012)
  
  

This list includes only significant filings and is not intended to be a complete record of the matter.