ESTATE OF DARGER v. LERNER

No. 22 C 03911.

665 F.Supp.3d 931 (2023)

ESTATE OF Henry Joseph DARGER, Plaintiff, v. Kiyoko LERNER, individually, and as executor of The Estate of Nathan Lerner, and as trustee of any trust established by Nathan Lerner, and The Nathan and Kiyoko Lerner Foundation, Defendants.

United States District Court, N.D. Illinois, Eastern Division.

Signed March 28, 2023.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marcus Stephen Harris , Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff.

David Wilson Hepplewhite , Chicago, IL, for Defendant Kiyoko Lerner.


MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

Henry Joseph Darger ("Darger") was an artist who died in obscurity but whose work received significant posthumous acclaim. In this case, his estate ("the Estate") is seeking to claim copyrights in Darger's work that the Estate alleges were wrongfully claimed for...

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