HOFFMAN v. L & M ARTS

No. 15-10046 Cons. w/15-10293.

838 F.3d 568 (2016)

Marguerite HOFFMAN, Plaintiff-Appellee Cross-Appellant v. L & M ARTS, Defendant-Appellant Cross-Appellee David Martinez; Studio Capital, Incorporated, Defendants-Appellees. Marguerite Hoffman, Plaintiff-Appellant v. David Martinez; Studio Capital, Incorporated; L & M Arts, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

FILED September 28, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frederick Bartlett Wulff, Sr. , Koning Rubarts , L.L.P., Dallas, TX, Mary Eaton , Dan Cogan Kozusko , Roger David Netzer , Winkle Farr & Gallagher, L.L.P., New York, NY, for Plaintiff-Appellee Cross-Appellant.

Harry Paul Susman , Susman Godfrey , L.L.P., Houston, TX, Tibor L. Nagy, Jr. , Dontzin Nagy & Fleissig, L.L.P., New York, NY, David Dean Shank, Esq. , Scott, Douglass & McConnico, L.L.P., Austin, TX, for Defendant-Appellant Cross-Appellee.

Jonathan I. Blackman , David H. Herrington , Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton, L.L.P., New York, NY, Kurt Allen Schwarz, Esq. , Jackson Walker , Gordon M. Shapiro , L.L.P., Dallas, TX, for Defendants-Appellees David Martinez and Studio Capital, Incorporated.

Before DENNIS, ELROD, and GRAVES, Circuit Judges.


This appeal arises out of the sale and public re-sale by auction of a well-known Mark Rothko painting. The painting's original owner, Marguerite Hoffman, argues that she was fraudulently induced into selling the painting with assurances of secrecy and that the eventual public re-sale of the painting constituted...

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