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Case Summary
Gowen v. Nahmad Gallery
Maestracci v. Nahmad Gallery, No. 650646/2014 (N.Y. Sup. Ct. Sept. 24, 2015); reversed, 155 A.D.3d 401 (N.Y. Sup. Ct. App. Div. 1st Dept. Nov. 2, 2017); sub nom. Gowen as Administrator of Estate of Stettiner v. Nahmad, No. 650646/2014 (N.Y. Sup. Ct. May 9, 2018); aff’d (N.Y. Sup. Ct. App. Div. 1st Dept. Feb. 26, 2019).
Précis
This long-running court case, initially dismissed by the New York State court but revived on appeal, pits the heir of a French-Jewish collector against a prominent art dealing family over an allegedly looted Modigliani painting valued at $25 million. The issues included in the case are: (i) where the trial should be held; (ii) which country’s laws should govern the case; and (iii) whether or not the disputed painting and the work once owned by the collector were even the same painting...
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