Lawyer: 'Cronies' drained Rosa Parks' estate - US news - Life - msnbc.com

The case has been tied up in the courts since the activist died in 2005. She was 92. "Since Mrs. Parks' death in 2005 ... the court system of her adopted city has embarked on a course to destroy her legacy, bankrupt her institute, shred her estate plan and steal her very name "Court cronies named John Chase Jr. and Melvin Jefferson Jr. ... used their court appointment to create make-work projects and overcharge the estate for a large amount of unnecessary administrative 'work'," according to the document.