YALE UNIVERSITY v. FISK UNIVERSITY

No. 82-3158.

660 F.Supp. 16 (1985)

YALE UNIVERSITY v. FISK UNIVERSITY.

United States District Court, M.D. Tennessee, Nashville Division.

October 1, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas Peebles, III, Andree K. Blumstein, Trabue, Sturdivant & DeWitt, Nashville, Tenn., for plaintiff.

Charles H. Warfield, Farris, Warfield and Kanaday, Nashville, Tenn., for defendant.


MEMORANDUM

HIGGINS, District Judge.

This diversity action was brought by the plaintiff, Yale University, against the defendant, Fisk University, on February 19, 1982, to recover from the possession of Fisk University certain literary manuscripts, letters, notes, other papers, and memorabilia known as the Jean Toomer Collection. Yale University also seeks a declaration that it is the sole owner of the Jean Toomer Collection and the literary rights therein...

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