Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita is backing up Valparaiso University’s contention that a lawsuit to stop the sale of three of the Brauer Museum’s most valuable pieces of artwork to fund dorm renovations for first-year students should be dismissed.
In a Tuesday filing, Rokita reiterates the university’s claim that Richard Brauer, the museum’s founding director and for whom the museum is named, and Philipp Brockington, a retired law professor from the university and one of the museum’s benefactors, cannot file
The university filed a motion to dismiss the case over a lack of standing on May 25. In a response filed June 19, McEuen cites case law about a “special interest” exception to grant standing to enforce a public interest charitable trust, which he said applies to both Brockington and Brauer. Collectively, the pieces are worth millions of dollars and the O’Keeffe painting in particular has been lent to museums across the globe for display.
Brauer and Brockington filed the suit, along with a request for a temporary restraining order to halt the sale of the paintings, in late April.
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