Minnesota. Attorney General. Solicitor General.

When Archibald G. Bush died on January 16, 1966, he left the bulk of his estate to the Bush Foundation, a non-profit charitable corporation incorporated on February 24, 1953. He names Herschel S. Arrowood and Mary Jane Dickman as executors. A power struggle soon developed over control both of administration of the estate and of the Bush Foundation itself. This resulted in extensive litigation, in some of which the attorney general's office participated as co-litigant or as amicus curiae. The litigation is briefly summarized as follows:

(1) Edyth Bush, et al. vs. Herschel S. Arrowood, et al., 1968-1969. A faction of the Bush Foundation board of directors, headed by Archibald Bush's widow, filed a complaint against the other directors and the attorney general. The law firm of Faegre and Benson was retained as special counsel for the state.

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