| Case
Name |
Year | Decision
of the Court | Topic
Group(s) | |
| Trs. of Philadelphia Baptist Ass’n v. Hart’s Ex’rs, 17 U.S. (4 Wheat.) 1 | 1819 | A bequest in trust to voluntary association of Baptist clergy and laymen was ineffective because an unincorporated society was incapable in Virginia law of taking under a will. |
Charitable Bequest
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| Vidal v. Mayor of Philadelphia, 43 U.S. (2 How.) 127 | 1844 | Testamentary bequest to endow school for orphans is valid notwithstanding provisions derogatory of Christianity. |
Charitable Bequest
| |
| Kain v. Gibboney, 101 U.S. 362 | 1879 | A bequest to voluntary association of Catholic nuns was ineffective because an unincorporated society in Virginia is incapable of taking under a will. |
Charitable Bequest
| |
| Speer v. Colbert, 200 U.S. 130 | 1906 | Georgetown College is not a sectarian institution within the meaning of Maryland constitutional provision voiding bequests to religious groups within 30 days of death. |
Charitable Bequest
| |
| Quick Bear v. Leupp, 210 U.S. 50 | 1908 | Upheld disbursement of Indian tribal funds, held in trust by the federal government, to a Catholic mission operating religious schools. |
Charitable Bequest
Religious Purpose Trust
| |
| Gonzalez v. Roman Catholic Archbishop, 280 U.S. 1 | 1929 | Court declined to interfere in refusal by archbishop to appoint petitioner to ecclesiastical office. |
Charitable Bequest
Church Autonomy
Religious Purpose Trust
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