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Case Summary

Cohen v. G&M Realty (5Pointz Case)

Cohen et al v. G&M Realty LP et al, No. 1:13-cv-05612 (E.D.N.Y. Feb. 12, 2018); (E.D.N.Y. June 13, 2018); aff’d, No. 18-538 Document 157 (2d Cir. 2020), cert. denied, 592 U.S. __ (U.S. Oct. 5, 2020)(No. 20-66).

Précis

This federal case in which a group of graffiti artists sued a real estate developer in Brooklyn for destroying their art, addressed, as a case of first impressions, the issue of whether graffiti art, and specifically the graffiti haven known as “5 Pointz”, qualifies as a work of “recognized stature” within the meaning of the VARA...

 






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