Judge issues no ruling in ownership dispute over MLK Bible, Nobel Peace Prize medal
By Kate Brumback
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
ATLANTA _ A judge in Atlanta heard arguments Tuesday in a dispute over who owns the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s 1964 Nobel Peace Prize medal and travelling Bible but did not issue a ruling in favour of either side.
Fulton County Superior Court Judge Robert McBurney says he hopes to issue a ruling before the case is set to go to trial in the second half of February. The dispute has effectively pitted two sons of the civil rights leader against his daughter.
King’s estate, which is controlled by his sons, last year asked a judge to order King’s daughter to surrender the items. In a board of directors meeting last year, Martin Luther King III and Dexter Scott King voted 2-1 against Bernice King to sell the two artifacts.