Estate of Henry Joseph Darger v. The Nathan and Kiyoko Lerner Foundation

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION ESTATE OF HENRY JOSEPH DARGER, Plaintiff, No. 22 C 03911 v. Judge Thomas M. Durkin KIYOKO LERNER, INDIVIDUALLY, AND AS EXECUTOR OF THE ESTATE OF NATHAN LERNER, AND AS TRUSTEE OF ANY TRUST ESTABLISHED BY NATHAN LERNER, AND THE NATHAN AND KIYOKO LERNER FOUNDATION, Defendants. MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER The Estate of Henry Joseph Darger (the “Estate”) is seeking to claim copyrights in the work of artist and author Henry Darger (“Darger”) that the Estate alleges were wrongfully claimed for decades by Darger’s…