Lawyers for Martin Luther King Jr.’s estate and his warring children agreed on Tuesday that a key factor in determining who owns his Nobel Peace Prize and other possessions is a 2009 order that was supposed to resolve a prior dispute among his heirs.

Judge Robert McBurney of Fulton County Superior Court heard cross motions for summary judgment in the fight, which essentially pits King’s estate against his daughter, Bernice King. Bernice King is one of three board members of the estate, but she has been opposed by brothers Dexter King and Martin Luther King III.

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