La. Supreme Court to Hear Appeal

February 22, 2008

The Louisiana Supreme Court has agreed to hear the appeal of plaintiffs who are seeking a preliminary injunction to halt the 2006 merger of Newcomb and Tulane Colleges. The plaintiffs, putative heirs of Mrs. Newcomb, argue that Newcomb's will prevents Tulane from merging the Newcomb and Tulane Colleges and creating the Sophie Newcomb Memorial College Institute. All three courts that have considered challenges to these changes have upheld them, finding that Mrs. Newcomb placed no conditions on her bequest. The Institute has been pursuing excellence in women's education for over two years, and has provided high quality programming to thousands of women with superb results.