Johns Hopkins tricked donor about land use, family charges

Published February 1, 2012 5:00am ET



Johns Hopkins University tricked a Montgomery County farm owner into helping the university establish an office park on land she donated, violating their agreement, the donor’s family told a Maryland Circuit Court judge Wednesday. But attorneys for the university said Hopkins’ plans for the 108-acre former farm comply with the agreement struck when Elizabeth Banks sold the land to the university for $5 million. The university asked the judge to dismiss the case, while Banks’ relatives want the issue decided in a civil trial.

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