T&E Litigation Update: Hoffman v. University Of Massachusetts Amherst

In Hoffman v. University of Massachusetts Amherst, Case No. 10-P-1251, 2011 Mass. App. Unpub. LEXIS 731 (June 2, 2011), a decision issued pursuant to Rule 1:28, the Appeals Court affirmed an application for cy pres with respect to a charitable trust.

The trust provides for scholarships to boys of two particular Roman Catholic parishes to study forestry at Paul Smith's College or the University of Massachusetts Amherst. The trustee's application for cy pres to expand utilization of the trust was granted, with the consent of the Attorney General, and the Roman Catholic Bishop of Springfield subsequently filed a motion to intervene pursuant to Rule 24 and a motion for relief from the judgment pursuant to Rule 60(b)(6).