Legal Opinion
Bakalar v. Vavra
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided July 28, 2006No. 05 CIV. 3037 (WHP)PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
PAULEY, District Judge.
Defendants and Counterclaim-Plaintiffs Milos Vavra (‘Vavra”) and Leon Fischer (“Fischer”) (together, the “Heirs”) move pursuant to Rule 23 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure to certify a defendant class comprised of six subclasses. The subclasses consist of private individuals, museums, art dealers and others involved with artworks that were part of the estate of Fritz Grunbaum (“Grunbaum”). The Heirs seek to name the following Counterclaim-Defendants as class representatives: David Bakalar (“Bakalar”), The Museum of Modern Art (“MoMA”), Neue…
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