Who determines how riverfront is used? Lawsuit over new Memphis Art Museum narrows.

By , Daily Memphian Published: February 28, 2025 5:03 PM CT

Chancellor Melanie Taylor Jefferson dismissed most of the claims in the Friends for Our Riverfront lawsuit seeking to stop construction of the new museum. But she kept the central question in the case.

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Memphis Art Museum Melanie Taylor Jefferson Friends for Our Riverfront Edward Bearman Bruce McMullen Brooks Museum of Art

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