Davis v. Carroll

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

J. PAUL OETKEN, District Judge:

This case arises from scandal in the elite world of New York’s fine art galleries. Plaintiff Earl Davis entrusted artworks produced by his father, the influential American modernist painter Stuart Davis, to Salander O’Reilly Galleries (“SOG”). Unbeknownst to Davis, SOG was caught in a vast web of unethical and illegal dealings that ultimately resulted in a criminal con1 viction. Before SOG’s house of cards collapsed, its principal, Lawrence Salander, engaged in a series of major transactions with Defendant Joseph P. Carroll. Over four months…