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Case Summary
Mirvish v. Mott
Mirvish v. Mott, 75 AD 3d 269 (N.Y. App. Div. 2010), reversing Surrogate’s Court; 18 NY 3d 510 (N.Y. Ct. App. Feb. 2012), rev’d, reinstating Surrogate’s Court ruling; 969 NE 2d 1164 (N.Y. Ct. App. June 2012), denying reconsideration.
Précis
Although at issue in this case was the ownership of a Jacques Lipchitz sculpture, its significance is that it marked the first opportunity since the 1991 Guggenheim vs. Lubell case for New York’s high court to clarify the State’s demand and refusal rule, which holds that . . .
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