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Case Summary
Robins v. Zwirner
Robins v. Zwirner, No. 10-cv-02787 (S.D.N.Y. May 20, 2010), settlement agreement (S.D.N.Y. filed Aug. 9, 2010).
Précis
In a lawsuit described by Judge William H. Pauley III as “an unflattering portrait of the art world — a realm of self-proclaimed royalty full of ‘blacklists,’ ‘greylists,’ and astonishing chicanery,” a
Federal District Court
Any general jurisdiction trial court of the United States federal court system (one or more in each state). Also known as United States District Court.
Federal District Court in New York found that oral agreements between art collector Craig Robins and art dealer David Zwirner were unenforceable under the Statute of Frauds. Specifically . . . .
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