No. 20-66

G&M Realty L.P., et al. v. Maria Castillo, et al.

Lower Court: Second Circuit
Docketed: 2020-07-24
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response Waived Experienced Counsel
Tags: 5th-amendment due-process fifth-amendment graffiti-art recognized-stature statutory-damages vara visual-artists-rights-act
Key Terms:
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Latest Conference: 2020-09-29
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Did the Due Process Clause of the Fifth Amendment permit the district court to impose liability against a property owner under the 'recognized stature' provision of VARA, and award enhanced statutory damages of $6.75 million, for destroying works of graffiti art affixed to his warehouses being demolished in connection with development of his property?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED Designed to create for visual artists a “moral right” of “integrity,” the Visual Artists Rights Act of 1990 (“VARA”) authorizes courts to impose statutory damages of up to $150,000 against the owner of a work of visual art if the owner intentionally destroys a work of “recognized stature’—a novel term, undefined in VARA, which fails to provide a person of ordinary intelligence fair notice of what is prohibited. Did the Due Process Clause of the Fifth Amendment permit the district court to impose liability against a property owner under the “recognized stature” provision of VARA, and award enhanced statutory damages of $6.75 million, for destroying works of graffiti art affixed to his warehouses being demolished in connection with development of his property?

Docket Entries

2020-10-05
Petition DENIED.
2020-08-19
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2020.
2020-08-07
Waiver of right of respondent Maria Castillo, et al. to respond filed.
2020-07-20
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due August 24, 2020)

Attorneys

G&M Realty L.P., et al.
Scott E. GantBoies Schiller Flexner LLP, Petitioner
Scott E. GantBoies Schiller Flexner LLP, Petitioner
Maria Castillo, et al.
Andrew RozynskiEisenberg & Baum, LLP, Respondent
Andrew RozynskiEisenberg & Baum, LLP, Respondent