Judge's Ruling Favors Breakaway Affiliate

A federal judge has ruled that the former Mississippi affiliate of the American Diabetes Association can retain ownership of a roughly $1-million fund balance plus records, membership lists, and other property that the association had sought after the affiliate broke away from the national charity.

"We're delighted," said Alan W. Perry, a Jackson, Miss., lawyer who represents the former affiliate, now reorganized as an independent charity called the Diabetes