Legal Opinion
Mandarin Trading Ltd. v. Wildenstein
New York Court of Appeals
Decided February 10, 2011PublishedCited by 681 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Jones, J.
In a dispute arising from the purchase and sale of the painting Paysage aux Trois Arbres by Paul Gauguin, this Court is asked to determine whether claims sounding in fraud, negligent misrepresentation, breach of contract, and unjust enrichment were properly pleaded in the plaintiff’s complaint.
In July 2000, J. Amir Cohen approached plaintiff Mandarin Trading Ltd.* to solicit interest in the purchase of the painting for investment purposes. Cohen explained that he could arrange a transaction for the sale and subsequent resale of the painting at an auction. Mandarin…
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