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1977. The executor named in the 1977 will subsequently filed with the Probate Court a Complaint to Deny Probate to the 1978 document. At issue was the validity of the 1978 codicil. On July 16, 1980, the Probate Court approved a Stipulation for Settlement whereby the National Museum of American Art received a representative selection of Ms. Thomas' works, as well as access to all records pertaining to the artist's career.

3. [[underlined]] Oliu [[/underlined]] v. [[underlined]] A.R.A. Services, et al. [[/underlined]]

This suit, brought under the Federal Tort Claims Act as a result of injuries sustained by plaintiffs from a slip and a fall in the cafeteria of the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum, was filed in both a federal district court and a state court of Ohio in September 1980. On November 17, 1980, the federal district court issued an order consolidating the cases and dismissing the Smithsonian Institution and the National Air and Space Museum for lack of jurisdiction (i.e., the plaintiffs did not file an administrative claim before filing suit).