Former President George W. Bush had his heart set on an expansive Presidential Library, but his requirements have been harder to achieve than he thought. No eminent domain for the George W. Bush Presidential Center.
A deal that was supposed to end a long-running lawsuit against SMU – and smooth the path for George W. Bush’s presidential library – has fallen apart amid charges that both sides broke the terms of a confidential agreement. Report from the Dallas News.
Last month, Southern Methodist University and two former condominium owners announced that they had settled the bitter four-year fight over who is the rightful owner of land now slated for the grounds of the Bush library.
The lawsuit has become increasingly hard-fought since President George W. Bush left office in January and returned to Texas.
Earlier this year, Hoffman ruled that Bush would have to give a deposition in the case. The condo owners said they wanted a chance to ask Bush about meetings with SMU officials who discussed putting the library on the condo site before it owned the land; (the condos have since been demolished). An appellate court reversed Hoffman’s order, and the condo owners appealed the matter to the Texas Supreme Court.
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