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Memberships appear only where Wikidata records one for the person the case is about: societies, clubs, fraternities, academies, parties and councils.
Fraternal and secret societies
Freemasonry9 casesPropaganda Due2 casesA∴A∴1 case: Aleister Crowley died with £430 and left his writings to his order, anChristian Democratic Union1 case: Angela Merkel returned two Emil Nolde paintings to the Berlin museum fIndependent Order of Odd Fellows1 case: Charles Lindbergh had seven secret children in Germany, confirmed by DOrdo Templi Orientis1 case: Aleister Crowley died with £430 and left his writings to his order, anQ58843951 case: The Dominican landlords evicted José Rizal's family from Calamba in 18Quiet Birdmen1 case: Charles Lindbergh had seven secret children in Germany, confirmed by D
Student fraternities and societies
Phi Beta Kappa Society7 casesAlpha Kappa Alpha2 casesAlpha Phi Alpha1 case: Martin Luther King Jr.'s estate sued his daughter in 2014 to take his Chi Omega1 case: Harper Lee's second novel was published when she was frail and her lawCorps Saxo-Montania zu Freiberg und Dresden in Aachen1 case: Hindenburg's Neudeck estate was put in his son's name, and Hitler's goDelta Chi1 case: Mel Fisher lost his son and daughter-in-law hunting the Atocha, found Kappa Alpha Theta1 case: Melinda French Gates left the Gates Foundation with $12.5 billion from
Academies and learned societies
American Academy of Arts and Sciences34 casesAmerican Academy of Arts and Letters22 casesRoyal Society of London21 casesAmerican Philosophical Society11 casesAcadémie des beaux-arts8 casesRussian Academy of Sciences8 casesRoyal Prussian Academy of Sciences7 casesRoyal Society of Literature7 casesFrench Academy of Sciences6 casesRoyal Academy of Arts6 casesAccademia delle Arti del Disegno5 casesBavarian Academy of Fine Arts5 casesRoyal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences5 casesBavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities4 casesGöttingen Academy of Sciences and Humanities in Lower Saxony4 casesSerbian Academy of Sciences and Arts4 casesAcademy of Arts of the GDR3 casesAcademy of Arts, Berlin3 casesAcademy of Science for Public Utility3 casesAcadémie Française3 casesAccademia Nazionale dei Lincei3 casesAccademia Nazionale delle Scienze detta dei XL3 casesGerman Academy of Sciences Leopoldina3 casesNational Academy of Engineering3 casesRoyal Geographical Society3 casesRoyal Swedish Academy of Music3 casesRoyal Swedish Academy of Sciences3 casesSaint Petersburg Academy of Sciences3 casesAccademia della Crusca2 casesAmerican Antiquarian Society2 casesAustrian Academy of Sciences2 casesBrazilian Academy of Sciences2 casesComité national de l'estampe2 casesHungarian Academy of Sciences2 casesIndian National Science Academy2 casesJapan Academy2 casesKoninklijke Vlaamse Academie van België voor Wetenschappen en Kunsten2 casesNational Academy of Fine Arts (Argentina)2 casesNational Academy of Sciences2 casesRomanian Academy2 casesRoyal Society of Edinburgh2 casesRoyal Swedish Academy of Letters, History and Antiquities2 casesSociété d'agriculture de Paris2 casesAcademy of Morvan1 case: François Mitterrand's secret daughter walked behind his coffin after tAcademy of Sciences of Turin1 case: Benjamin Franklin left Boston and Philadelphia £1,000 each for 200 yeaAcademy of Sciences of the USSR1 case: Bukharin made his wife memorise his last letter before his arrest, andAcademy of the Kingdom of Morocco1 case: Alex Haley died owing about $1.5 million, his estate auctioned his PulAcadémie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres1 case: Thomas Jefferson's will freed his two youngest sons by Sally Hemings, Académie des sciences d'outre-mer1 case: Albert II of Monaco acknowledged two children born outside marriage, aAcadémie des sciences, belles-lettres et arts de Besançon et de Franche-Comté1 case: Victor Hugo left 50,000 francs to the poor and asked for their hearse;Académie des sciences, des lettres et des arts d'Amiens1 case: Jules Verne's son rewrote his posthumous novels, and Verne's lost 1863Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture1 case: France refused to take back Jacques-Louis David's body in 1825, so he Brazilian Academy of Letters1 case: Assis Chateaubriand had Vargas change the law to win custody of his daBritish Academy1 case: Thieves stole Henry Moore's 2-ton Reclining Figure, valued at 3 millioChinese Academy of Engineering1 case: Bill Gates said in May 2025 the Gates Foundation will spend its endowmCollege of 'Pataphysics1 case: Marcel Duchamp worked in secret for 20 years on Étant donnés; it was mGerman Academy for Language and Literature1 case: Paulette Goddard inherited Erich Maria Remarque's money, properties anHellenic Philological Society of Constantinople1 case: Pedro II's heirs still collect 2.5 percent of every land sale in centrInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers1 case: The US government sealed Nikola Tesla's papers after he died, his nephModern Language Association1 case: Arthur Koestler and his wife Cynthia died together in 1983; his 1 millPolish Academy of Sciences1 case: Shuji Nakamura was paid ¥20,000 for the blue LED patent, a Tokyo courtReal Academia de Nobles y Bellas Artes de San Luis1 case: Goya's grave in Bordeaux was opened in 1888 and his skull was missing;Royal Academy of History1 case: Benjamin Franklin left Boston and Philadelphia £1,000 each for 200 yeaRoyal Academy of Science, Letters and Fine Arts of Belgium1 case: A Madrid judge had Salvador Dalí exhumed for a paternity test 28 yearsRoyal Microscopical Society1 case: Ernst Abbe gave the Zeiss works to a foundation, and after 1945 a westRoyal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences1 case: Ivar Kreuger shot himself in Paris in 1932, and auditors found his matRoyal Swedish Academy of Fine Arts1 case: Thieves stole Henry Moore's 2-ton Reclining Figure, valued at 3 millioSaxon Academy of Sciences and Humanities1 case: Ernst Abbe gave the Zeiss works to a foundation, and after 1945 a westSerbian Learned Society1 case: Victor Hugo left 50,000 francs to the poor and asked for their hearse;The World Academy of Sciences1 case: René Favaloro, who developed coronary bypass surgery, shot himself aftWarsaw Society of Friends of Learning1 case: Thomas Jefferson's will freed his two youngest sons by Sally Hemings,
Political parties
Republican Party41 casesDemocratic Party24 casesNazi Party8 casesConservative Party5 casesIndian National Congress3 casesLabour Party3 casesRussian Social Democratic Labour Party3 casesRussian Social Democratic Labour Party (bolshevik)3 casesAfrican National Congress2 casesChinese Communist Party2 casesCommittee of Union and Progress2 casesDemocratic-Republican Party2 casesFederalist Party2 casesForza Italia2 casesFrench Communist Party2 casesGerman Democratic Party2 casesGerman Workers' Party2 casesJusticialist Party2 casesKuomintang2 casesLiberal Party2 casesMexican Communist Party2 casesTories2 casesAgrupación Ruiz-Mateos1 case: Spain seized José María Ruiz-Mateos's Rumasa group by decree in 1983, All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam1 case: Jayalalithaa left no will; a court gave her house to her niece and nepAll India Muslim League1 case: Jinnah left his Bombay house to his sister; India took it as evacuee pAmerica Party1 case: Elon Musk gave his foundation $7.9 billion in Tesla stock in two yearsArab Nationalist Movement1 case: Rafik Hariri was killed in 2005; his family chose the second son as poArab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Iraq Region1 case: Saddam Hussein was buried in his own mausoleum, the mausoleum was destArab Socialist Union1 case: Switzerland froze 700 million francs tied to Mubarak's circle in 2011,Ba'ath Party1 case: Saddam Hussein was buried in his own mausoleum, the mausoleum was destBangladesh Awami League1 case: A mob demolished the house where Sheikh Hasina's father was killed, anBanner of the Torah1 case: Rabbi Chaim Kanievsky's youngest son agreed to sell his manuscripts foChristian Democratic Union (GDR)1 case: Angela Merkel returned two Emil Nolde paintings to the Berlin museum fColombian Liberal Party1 case: Pablo Escobar's four hippos outlived him, Colombia seized his ranch, aColorado Party1 case: Stroessner's family wealth was never prosecuted, and human bones were Communist Party of Chile1 case: Soldiers shot Víctor Jara 44 times, his widow buried him in secret, anConvention of Republican Institutions1 case: François Mitterrand's secret daughter walked behind his coffin after tDemocratic Beginning1 case: Angela Merkel returned two Emil Nolde paintings to the Berlin museum fDemocratic Justice Party1 case: South Korea could not collect 86.7 billion won of Chun Doo-hwan's forfDemocratic and Socialist Union of the Resistance1 case: François Mitterrand's secret daughter walked behind his coffin after tDravida Munnetra Kazhagam1 case: Dayanidhi Maran alleged his brother took control of Sun TV while theirFalange Española Tradicionalista y de las JONS1 case: Spain's Supreme Court confirmed in March 2026 that Franco's grandchildFederation of the Democratic and Socialist Left1 case: François Mitterrand's secret daughter walked behind his coffin after tFemale Peronist Party1 case: Argentina's military seized Eva Perón's embalmed body and buried it inFianna Fáil1 case: Two barristers bought Countess Markievicz's childhood home and spent sFree-minded People's Party1 case: Ernst Abbe gave the Zeiss works to a foundation, and after 1945 a westFrench Section of the Workers' International1 case: Ho Chi Minh's will asked for cremation and his ashes split three ways;Gabonese Democratic Party1 case: Omar Bongo left about 300 billion CFA francs and 54 children; one daugGerman Conservative Party1 case: Moltke bought Kreisau with his 1866 war grant; his great-grandnephew wGerman People's Party1 case: Hugo Stinnes had a hand in more than 4,000 companies when he died in 1Golkar1 case: Indonesia's Supreme Court ordered General Suharto's Supersemar foundatHawaiian National Party1 case: Queen Liliʻuokalani sued the United States for Hawaii's crown lands anHomeland and Liberty1 case: Atatürk left his İş Bankası shares to his party, and the state took thIndependent Labour Party1 case: George Orwell married Sonia Brownell in a hospital in October 1949 andIndochinese Communist Party1 case: Ho Chi Minh's will asked for cremation and his ashes split three ways;Irish Citizen Army1 case: Two barristers bought Countess Markievicz's childhood home and spent sLiberal Russia1 case: Boris Berezovsky lost his case against Abramovich, died seven months lLiberal Unionist Party1 case: Arthur Conan Doyle's heirs charged licence fees for Sherlock Holmes unMesame Dasi1 case: Stalin's agents killed Trotsky and members of his family; he sealed hiMouvement National Congolais1 case: A Belgian police officer kept Lumumba's tooth after dissolving his bodMuslim League1 case: Jinnah left his Bombay house to his sister; India took it as evacuee pNational Democratic Party1 case: Switzerland froze 700 million francs tied to Mubarak's circle in 2011,National Fascist Party1 case: Police found the P2 lodge's 962 names in Licio Gelli's factory in 1981National Liberal Party1 case: Carlsberg's founder gave his brewery to a foundation after a feud withNational Unity Party1 case: Switzerland's top court ruled that Baby Doc's family could have his frNew Swedish Movement1 case: Ingvar Kamprad put IKEA into a Dutch foundation in 1982 that The EconoOttoman Liberal People's Party1 case: Atatürk left his İş Bankası shares to his party, and the state took thPakistan Muslim League1 case: A Qatari prince's letter said Nawaz Sharif's father had willed his GulPakistan Muslim League (N)1 case: A Qatari prince's letter said Nawaz Sharif's father had willed his GulParti de gauche1 case: Jack London left nearly his entire estate to his wife Charmian in 1916People's Action Party1 case: Lee Kuan Yew's will asked that his house be demolished, and Singapore Popular Movement of the Revolution1 case: Switzerland released Mobutu Sese Seko's frozen money to his heirs, andProgress Party1 case: Navalny died in an Arctic prison colony, and the state held his body fRadical Party of the Left1 case: Bernard Tapie was beaten in his home six months before he died owing tRepublican People's Party1 case: Atatürk left his İş Bankası shares to his party, and the state took thRussia of the Future1 case: Navalny died in an Arctic prison colony, and the state held his body fShas1 case: Rabbi Ovadia Yosef left nearly everything to his youngest son; his othSinn Féin1 case: Two barristers bought Countess Markievicz's childhood home and spent sSocialist Party1 case: François Mitterrand's secret daughter walked behind his coffin after tStates' Rights Democratic Party1 case: Strom Thurmond's family confirmed his Black daughter six months after The Democrats1 case: Gina Lollobrigida left half her estate to an assistant who was convictThe People of Freedom1 case: Silvio Berlusconi left €100 million to his 33-year-old partner and €30United Malays National Organisation1 case: Najib Razak's stepson made The Wolf of Wall Street with money from MalWhigs1 case: Horace Walpole's Strawberry Hill collection was sold off over 24 days Workers' Party of Marxist Unification1 case: George Orwell married Sonia Brownell in a hospital in October 1949 andYabloko1 case: Navalny died in an Arctic prison colony, and the state held his body fZimbabwe African People's Union1 case: Robert Mugabe left about $10 million and no will, and a village chief
Legislatures and councils
independent politician5 casesFolketing2 casesRevolutionary Military Council2 cases12th Legislature of Italy1 case: Silvio Berlusconi left €100 million to his 33-year-old partner and €3013th Legislature of Italy1 case: Silvio Berlusconi left €100 million to his 33-year-old partner and €3014th Legislature of Italy1 case: Silvio Berlusconi left €100 million to his 33-year-old partner and €3015th Legislature of Italy1 case: Silvio Berlusconi left €100 million to his 33-year-old partner and €3016th Legislature of Italy1 case: Silvio Berlusconi left €100 million to his 33-year-old partner and €3017th Legislature of Italy1 case: Silvio Berlusconi left €100 million to his 33-year-old partner and €3019th Legislature of Italy1 case: Silvio Berlusconi left €100 million to his 33-year-old partner and €303rd State Duma of the Russian Federation1 case: Boris Berezovsky lost his case against Abramovich, died seven months lCivil Rights Congress1 case: The US government seized Dashiell Hammett's royalties for back taxes, Commune Council1 case: Gustave Courbet was billed 323,000 francs to rebuild the Vendôme ColumCongress for Cultural Freedom1 case: Arthur Koestler and his wife Cynthia died together in 1983; his 1 millCopenhagen City Council1 case: Carlsberg's founder gave his brewery to a foundation after a feud withCouncil of Ministers of the USSR1 case: Stalin's agents killed Trotsky and members of his family; he sealed hiCouncil of People's Commissars1 case: Stalin's agents killed Trotsky and members of his family; he sealed hiCouncil on Foreign Relations1 case: Jeffrey Epstein signed his will two days before he died in jail; victiHistorical Right1 case: Giuseppe Verdi's villa was closed by a Parma court in 2022 over an heiNational Council of Iran1 case: Revolutionaries demolished Reza Shah's mausoleum in 1980 and could notParliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe1 case: Silvio Berlusconi left €100 million to his 33-year-old partner and €30Parti de l'Ordre1 case: Victor Hugo left 50,000 francs to the poor and asked for their hearse;Russian Opposition Coordination Council1 case: Navalny died in an Arctic prison colony, and the state held his body f
Royal houses
Egyptian Royal Family1 case: King Farouk left Egypt on his yacht, and one of his gold coins later sOttoman dynasty1 case: A Turkish court ruled in 2020 that Mehmed II's endowment deed still boRomanian Royal Family1 case: Romania's King Michael was forced to sign a pre-typed abdication, and Spanish Royal Family1 case: Spain's King Felipe renounced his father's inheritance after a $100 mi
Other associations
Communist Party of the Soviet Union6 casesAll-Union Society of Old Bolsheviks3 casesAtlantik-Brücke3 casesInternational Olympic Committee3 casesPEN America3 casesWriters Guild of America West3 casesAmerican Abstract Artists2 casesBerlin Secession2 casesCentre international de synthèse2 casesCommunist Party of the United States of America2 casesGray's Inn2 casesOrder of the Garter2 casesPennsylvania Abolition Society2 casesRoyal African Company2 casesSAG-AFTRA2 casesScreen Actors Guild2 casesSecond Viennese School2 casesSouth African Communist Party2 casesThe Elders2 casesThe Highwaymen2 casespopulares2 cases26th of July Movement1 case: Bolivian officers cut off Che Guevara's hands in 1967, a minister had ABLF alumni network1 case: Ratan Tata's will gave a third of the residue to a little-known JamsheAbstraction-Création1 case: Trustees for the family of Mondrian's heir Harry Holtzman sued the PhiAcadémie des Sciences Morales et Politiques1 case: Pétain's property was confiscated in 1945 and his coffin was stolen frAcadémie des sciences, belles-lettres et arts de Rouen1 case: Victor Hugo left 50,000 francs to the poor and asked for their hearse;Ahl al-Bayt1 case: Fatima asked Abu Bakr for her inheritance from Muhammad; he refused, sAll-Russian Central Executive Committee1 case: Stalin's agents killed Trotsky and members of his family; he sealed hiAmerica First Committee1 case: Charles Lindbergh had seven secret children in Germany, confirmed by DAmerican College of Surgeons1 case: René Favaloro, who developed coronary bypass surgery, shot himself aftAmerican Theatre Hall of Fame1 case: Fred Astaire's widow charged fees for clips of him, lost a federal appAmerican Writers Association1 case: Ayn Rand's heir kept the first and last pages of The Fountainhead manuAncient Mystical Order Rosae Crucis1 case: Edith Piaf's body was driven secretly from Grasse to Paris so her deatArti et Amicitiae1 case: Trustees for the family of Mondrian's heir Harry Holtzman sued the PhiAssociation for Defense of National Rights1 case: Atatürk left his İş Bankası shares to his party, and the state took thAssociation of Polish Artists and Designers1 case: Zdzisław Beksiński was stabbed to death in his Warsaw flat in FebruaryBannatyne Club1 case: Walter Scott owed £130,000 when his printer failed, refused bankruptcyBonner Burschenschaft Frankonia1 case: Nietzsche's sister took control of his papers while he was insane, pubBroadcast Music, Inc.1 case: Isaac Hayes lost his song royalties to a bank in bankruptcy; his heirsCabinet Kohl IV1 case: Angela Merkel returned two Emil Nolde paintings to the Berlin museum fCabinet Kohl V1 case: Angela Merkel returned two Emil Nolde paintings to the Berlin museum fCeltic Society1 case: Walter Scott owed £130,000 when his printer failed, refused bankruptcyCentral Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union1 case: Beria was shot half an hour after his verdict in 1953; his son lived aCentral Executive Committee of the Soviet Union1 case: Beria was shot half an hour after his verdict in 1953; his son lived aClub de l'Entresol1 case: Horace Walpole's Strawberry Hill collection was sold off over 24 days Coenties Slip1 case: Robert Indiana was sued the day before he died alone on a Maine islandCommunist Party of Cuba1 case: Bolivian officers cut off Che Guevara's hands in 1967, a minister had Communist Party of Germany1 case: Arthur Koestler and his wife Cynthia died together in 1983; his 1 millCommunist Party of Vietnam1 case: Ho Chi Minh's will asked for cremation and his ashes split three ways;Company of One Hundred Associates1 case: Champlain named the Virgin Mary as his heir in 1635; his cousin sued iCumann na mBan1 case: Two barristers bought Countess Markievicz's childhood home and spent sDANGERDOOM1 case: MF DOOM's widow sued a former label manager for 31 notebooks of lyricsDe Stijl1 case: Trustees for the family of Mondrian's heir Harry Holtzman sued the PhiDie Blaue Vier1 case: Paul Klee's widow sold his estate for SFr120,000 two days before dyingDoctors and Apothecaries Guild1 case: Florence demanded Dante's bones for 200 years; friars took them out ofExperiments in Art and Technology1 case: Robert Rauschenberg's art trust grew from $605.6 million to $2.2 billiFabian Society1 case: Jinnah left his Bombay house to his sister; India took it as evacuee pFaculty of Advocates1 case: Walter Scott owed £130,000 when his printer failed, refused bankruptcyFengtian clique1 case: Zhang Xueliang inherited his murdered father's Manchurian army in 1928Fianna Éireann1 case: Two barristers bought Countess Markievicz's childhood home and spent sFirst Merkel cabinet1 case: Angela Merkel returned two Emil Nolde paintings to the Berlin museum fFirst Triumvirate1 case: Julius Caesar's will, opened after his murder, made Octavian his son aFive Points Gang1 case: Al Capone went to prison for tax evasion and paid every cent, a live TFourth Merkel cabinet1 case: Angela Merkel returned two Emil Nolde paintings to the Berlin museum fFree German Youth1 case: Angela Merkel returned two Emil Nolde paintings to the Berlin museum fFrench Forces of the Interior1 case: François Mitterrand's secret daughter walked behind his coffin after tFuture Movement1 case: Rafik Hariri was killed in 2005; his family chose the second son as poGuadalajara Cartel1 case: El Chapo was ordered to forfeit $12.6 billion, and two of the sons whoHermetic Order of the Golden Dawn1 case: Aleister Crowley died with £430 and left his writings to his order, anHoly Trinity1 case: The Gospel of John says soldiers diced for the executed Jesus's seamleInstitute of International Education1 case: Jeffrey Epstein signed his will two days before he died in jail; victiJacobins1 case: France refused to take back Jacques-Louis David's body in 1825, so he James Joyce Society1 case: T. S. Eliot's 1,131 letters to Emily Hale stayed sealed at Princeton fJewish Colonization Association1 case: Baron Maurice de Hirsch left his fortune to his widow, who gave it awaKMD1 case: MF DOOM's widow sued a former label manager for 31 notebooks of lyricsKelly Park Compton Crips1 case: Eazy-E married on his deathbed and left Ruthless Records to his bride;Korean Sport & Olympic Committee1 case: Samsung chairman Lee Kun-hee's heirs paid 12 trillion won in inheritanLandstinget1 case: Carlsberg's founder gave his brewery to a foundation after a feud withLigue de la Patrie Française1 case: A French court gave Renoir's assistant Richard Guino co-authorship of London Missionary Society1 case: Livingstone's heart was buried in Zambia, his body was carried 1,000 mMayoral Advisory Commission on City Art, Monuments, and Markers1 case: Harry Belafonte tried to sell Martin Luther King Jr.'s papers, King's Medellín Cartel1 case: Pablo Escobar's four hippos outlived him, Colombia seized his ranch, aMembers Only1 case: XXXTentacion was shot dead at 20, and his son was born seven months laMensa International1 case: Jimmy Savile left £4.3 million to friends and his charity; abuse claimMilitary Junta of Chile1 case: Chile's Supreme Court forfeited Pinochet's assets in 2018 after the USMonsta Island Czars1 case: MF DOOM's widow sued a former label manager for 31 notebooks of lyricsMovement of the People1 case: Fela Kuti's brother announced he died of AIDS, he was buried in his owNational American Woman Suffrage Association1 case: Jane Stanford, sole funder of Stanford University, died of strychnine National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum1 case: Ted Williams's will asked for his ashes to be scattered at sea, two ofNational Flag Presentation Committee1 case: Indira Gandhi's government jailed Jaipur's Rajmata and searched JaigarNetwork of the Department of Government Efficiency1 case: Elon Musk gave his foundation $7.9 billion in Tesla stock in two yearsNew York Society for the Suppression of Vice1 case: Comstock heir Clarence Mackay cut his daughter out of his will for marOrder of Isabella the Catholic1 case: Argentina's military seized Eva Perón's embalmed body and buried it inOrder of Santiago1 case: Magellan left a hereditary governorship to his son, but his wife and sOrgburo1 case: Stalin's agents killed Trotsky and members of his family; he sealed hiOulipo1 case: Marcel Duchamp worked in secret for 20 years on Étant donnés; it was mOzzy Osbourne1 case: Randy Rhoads's mother gave filmmakers his photos for a documentary thaPanhellenic Musician Union1 case: Maria Callas died without a valid will, her estranged husband and mothPolish Photographic Society (1948–1961)1 case: Zdzisław Beksiński was stabbed to death in his Warsaw flat in FebruaryPolitburo of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union1 case: Beria was shot half an hour after his verdict in 1953; his son lived aPolskie Towarzystwo Tatrzanskie1 case: Count Alfred Potocki shipped about 700 crates from Łańcut to Vienna beProgressive National Baptist Convention1 case: Martin Luther King Jr.'s estate sued his daughter in 2014 to take his Q1246659111 case: Lillian Leitzel fell to her death in 1931, and her widower Alfredo CodQ29464921 case: Gustave Caillebotte left France more than 60 Impressionist works in 18Q307385211 case: Victor Hugo left 50,000 francs to the poor and asked for their hearse;Restaurants du Cœur1 case: Coluche left 6.1 million francs of debt in 1986, his ex-wife refused tRotary Club1 case: Angela Merkel returned two Emil Nolde paintings to the Berlin museum fSanders Institute1 case: Harry Belafonte tried to sell Martin Luther King Jr.'s papers, King's Schlaraffia1 case: Alma Mahler held Mahler's unfinished Tenth Symphony for decades and fiScottish Mountaineering Club1 case: Aleister Crowley died with £430 and left his writings to his order, anSecond Merkel cabinet1 case: Angela Merkel returned two Emil Nolde paintings to the Berlin museum fSheikh–Wazed family1 case: A mob demolished the house where Sheikh Hasina's father was killed, anSinaloa Cartel1 case: El Chapo was ordered to forfeit $12.6 billion, and two of the sons whoSociety for the Protection of Ancient Buildings1 case: Thomas Hardy's heart was buried in his first wife's grave and his asheSociety for the Study of Chinese Architecture1 case: Zhang Xueliang inherited his murdered father's Manchurian army in 1928Society of Independent Artists1 case: Marcel Duchamp worked in secret for 20 years on Étant donnés; it was mSociety of Merchant Venturers1 case: Edward Colston's charities carried his name for 300 years, until proteSociété Normande de Peinture Moderne1 case: Marcel Duchamp worked in secret for 20 years on Étant donnés; it was mSociété de Géographie1 case: Jules Verne's son rewrote his posthumous novels, and Verne's lost 1863Société des gens de lettres1 case: Victor Hugo left 50,000 francs to the poor and asked for their hearse;Société française de gravure1 case: Van Gogh's brother died six months after him, and Theo's widow built tSouth Sea Company1 case: Thomas Guy sold his South Sea stock at the top of the 1720 bubble and Southern Christian Leadership Conference1 case: Martin Luther King Jr.'s estate sued his daughter in 2014 to take his Sovereign and Popular Italy1 case: Gina Lollobrigida left half her estate to an assistant who was convictSt Moritz Tobogganing Club1 case: Claus von Bülow was acquitted of trying to kill his wife, then gave upSturmabteilung1 case: Hitler was godfather to Göring's daughter, the city of Cologne gave heSupremus1 case: Kazimir Malevich's heirs sued Amsterdam over 84 works held since 1958;Taisei Yokusankai1 case: US Army papers show Hideki Tojo's ashes were scattered over the PacifiTatenokai1 case: Mishima's widow boycotted Paul Schrader's 1985 film, and his children The Blue Rider1 case: Paul Klee's widow sold his estate for SFr120,000 two days before dyingThe Eight Lancashire Lads1 case: Two men stole Charlie Chaplin's coffin for ransom, and his widow refusThe Planetary Society1 case: Elon Musk gave his foundation $7.9 billion in Tesla stock in two yearsThird Merkel cabinet1 case: Angela Merkel returned two Emil Nolde paintings to the Berlin museum fThree Pashas1 case: Talaat asked the US ambassador for the list of Armenians insured by AmTrilateral Commission1 case: Jeffrey Epstein signed his will two days before he died in jail; victiUSSR Union of Writers1 case: The KGB seized Vasily Grossman's novel and every draft in 1961, and thVDI – The Association of German Engineers1 case: Rudolf Diesel vanished from a Channel steamer in 1913 and left his wifVienna Secession1 case: After Gustav Klimt died in 1918, the mothers of his children claimed sVoluntary Aid Detachment1 case: Agatha Christie gave her grandson the rights to The Mousetrap as a chiVoluntary Militia for National Security1 case: Police found the P2 lodge's 962 names in Licio Gelli's factory in 1981Waffen-SS1 case: Rudolf-August Oetker's eight children from three marriages split the DWhite Guelphs1 case: Florence demanded Dante's bones for 200 years; friars took them out ofWildenstein Institute1 case: Daniel Wildenstein's widow said his sons hid the art fortune in trustsWinter Hill Gang1 case: Whitey Bulger hid $822,000 in the walls of his Santa Monica flat, and Worshipful Company of Mercers1 case: Edward Colston's charities carried his name for 300 years, until proteYale World Fellows1 case: Navalny died in an Arctic prison colony, and the state held his body fYoung Communist League1 case: George Michael left his £97 million estate to his sisters and nothing Zimbabwe African National Union1 case: Robert Mugabe left about $10 million and no will, and a village chief board of directors1 case: Melinda French Gates left the Gates Foundation with $12.5 billion fromcivil rights movement1 case: Rosa Parks left almost all her estate to her institute, her 13 nieces first Civic Chamber of the Russian Federation1 case: Vladimir Potanin's ex-wife sought billions in Moscow, then moved to Lofourth Civic Chamber of the Russian Federation1 case: Vladimir Potanin's ex-wife sought billions in Moscow, then moved to Looptimates1 case: Clodius burned Cicero's house and built a shrine to Liberty on the sitsecond Civic Chamber of the Russian Federation1 case: Vladimir Potanin's ex-wife sought billions in Moscow, then moved to Lothird Civic Chamber of the Russian Federation1 case: Vladimir Potanin's ex-wife sought billions in Moscow, then moved to Lo