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Case Summary
Zuckerman v. Metropolitan Museum of Art
Zuckerman v. Metropolitan Museum of Art, No. 1:16-cv-07665 (S.D.N.Y. Feb. 7, 2018), aff’d, No. 18-634 (2d Cir. N.Y. June 26, 2019), cert. denied, No. 19-942(U.S. Mar. 2, 2020).
Précis
This case involved a lawsuit to recover Picasso's "The Actor" from the Metropolitan Museum of Art by a descendant of German-Jewish art collector Paul Leffmann, Laurel Zuckerman, alleging that that he sold the painting under duress. Moreover, the passage of the HEAR Act...
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