Legal Opinion
Cohen v. G & M Realty L.P.
District Court, E.D. New York
Decided February 12, 2018No. Case No. 13–CV–05612(FB)(RLM); Case No. 15–CV–3230(FB)(RLM)PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FREDERIC BLOCK, Senior United States District Judge
TABLE OF CONTENTS
I. ...427
II. ...428
A. The Relevant Statutory Framework...427
B. The Advisory Jury...430
C. The Witnesses and Evidentiary Landscape...431
III. ...432
A. The Advent and Evolution of 5Pointz...432
B. The Walls...433
1. Covering...433
2. Short-Term Rotating Walls vs. Long-Standing Walls...433
C. The Planned Demolition...434
D. The Whitewashing...434
IV. ...435
A. Temporary Works of Art...435
B. Works of Recognized Stature...437
1. Recognized Stature of Individual Artworks...439
a. The Long-Standing Works...439
b. Other Works...440
C. Mutilation…
2Cases cited26 opinions
- Cindy Garcia v. Google, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2015
- Feltner v. Columbia Pictures Television, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1998
- Yurman Design, Inc. Plaintiff-Appellee-Cross-Appellant v. Paj, Inc., Doing Business as Prime Art & Jewel, Defendant-Appellant-Cross-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2001
- F. W. Woolworth Co. v. Contemporary Arts, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1952
- Psihoyos v. John Wiley & Sons, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2014
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3Cited by6 opinions
- Canilao v. City Commercial Investments, LLCDistrict Court, N.D. California · 2022
- Fields v. Baseline Properties LLCDistrict Court, W.D. Oklahoma · 2021
- Fields v. Baseline Properties LLCDistrict Court, W.D. Oklahoma · 2021
- Hartree Natural Gas Storage, LLC v. PAA Natural Gas Storage, L.P.Superior Court of Delaware · 2025
- John Hock v. Franconia Sculpture ParkDistrict Court, D. Minnesota · 2026
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