Legal Opinion
In re the Estate of Warhol
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided February 8, 1996PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
—Order, Surrogate’s Court, New *236York County (Eve Preminger, S.), entered August 19, 1994, which, in a proceeding to fix attorneys’ fees pursuant to SCPA 2110, denied respondent The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc.’s motion for the Surrogate’s recusal, unanimously affirmed, without costs.
Order, same court and Surrogate, entered May 11, 1995, which, inter alia, awarded petitioner Edward Hayes $7.2 million in legal fees as attorney for the estate, and up to $250,000 toward the legal fees he incurred in contesting the estate’s value, modified, on the law and the facts, to the…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Matter of MurphyNew York Court of Appeals · 1993
- In re the Estate of BurnsAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1987
- In re the Estate of SmolleyAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1992
- In re the Estate of MergentimeAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1994
- In re KaplanAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1990
3Cited by3 opinions
- In Re: Edward W. Hayes, Debtor. The Andy Warhol Foundation for Visual Arts, Inc. v. Edward W. HayesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1999
- Schlaifer Nance & Co., Inc. v. Estate of WarholDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1996
- In re the Estate of EllisAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2000