Reif v. The Art Institute of Chicago

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK ──────────────────────────────────── TIMOTHY REIF, ET AL., Plaintiffs, 23-cv-2443 (JGK) - against - OPINION AND ORDER THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO, Defendant, AN ARTWORK, RUSSIAN PRISONER OF WAR (1916) BY THE ARTIST EGON SCHIELE, Defendant-in-Rem. ──────────────────────────────────── JOHN G. KOELTL, District Judge: The plaintiffs Timothy Reif, David Fraenkel, and Milos Vavra -- the heirs of Franz Freidrich (“Fritz”) Grünbaum -- brought this diversity action against the Art Institute of Chicago (“the defendant”). The plaintiffs assert…