Legal Opinion
Milwaukee Auction Galleries, Limited, and Joseph Van Goethem, a Sole Proprietor, Doing Business as Provenance Fine Arts v. O. Roy Chalk
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided February 3, 1994No. 92-3579PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Chief Judge.
Two art dealers brought this diversity suit for fraud and breach of contract against 0. Roy Chalk, the well-known entrepreneur (and now Russia’s Washington representative). Megan Rosenfeld, “Russia’s Capitalist on the Potomac,” Washington Post, June 20, 1991, p. Dl. The district judge granted the defendant a directed verdict on the fraud count, and the jury rendered a verdict for the defendant on the breach of contract count. The law of Wisconsin governs the substantive issues.
An octogenarian, Chalk decided the time had come to sell part of his extensive art collection,…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Hoffman v. Red Owl Stores, Inc.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1965
- Skycom Corporation and Gerald M. Walters v. Telstar CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1987
- Fowler v. Happy Goodman FamilyTennessee Supreme Court · 1978
- Simon v. Electrospace Corp.New York Court of Appeals · 1971
- City of Madison v. Hyland, Hall & Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1976
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3Cited by18 opinions
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- Harold Wright Company, Incorporated v. E.I. Du Pont De Nemours & Company, IncorporatedCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1995
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