Legal Opinion
Schlaifer Nance & Co. v. Estate of Warhol
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided June 3, 1998No. 90 Civ. 1095(DC)PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
CHIN, District Judge.
In this case, plaintiff Schlaifer Nance & Co., Inc. (“SNC”) alleged that it was fraudulently induced into entering a licensing agreement with the defendant Estate of Andy Warhol (the “Estate”) by defendants’ false representations that the Estate owned all the copyrights to all of Warhol’s works of art. SNC and its attorneys knew, however, that the .proposition could not be true, for many of Warhol’s works had fallen into the public domain and the copyrights to certain of his other works had been granted to others. Even though SNC and its lawyers knew the truth, SNC…
2Cases cited24 opinions
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- Oliveri v. ThompsonCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1986
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Schlaifer Nance & Co. v. Estate of WarholCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1999
- Schlaifer Nance & Company, Inc. v. Estate Of Andy WarholCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1999
- In Re Attorney Fees and CostsMichigan Court of Appeals · 1999
- Ping He (Hai Nam) Co. v. Nonferrous Metals (U.S.A.) Inc.District Court, S.D. New York · 1998
- Rooney v. Chicago InsuranceCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2001
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