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· 12/18/1947

National Mah Jongg League, Inc. v. United States

Citations

  • 75 F. Supp. 769
  • 36 A.F.T.R. (P-H) 1308
  • 1947 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 1814

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  • explaining that permitting “ commercial indifference to ownership or the right to sell ... facilitates traffic in stolen works of art’ ”
  • striking those portions of expert’s testimony beyond the scope of his expertise, and admitting others within scope
  • striking those portions of expert’s testimony beyond the scope of his expertise, and admitting others within the scope
  • excluding expert's opinions of value in deciding a motion for summary judgment because expert \did not apply any established methodology\ pursuant to, among other standards, USPAP.
  • finding a red flag where the paintings were listed \as owned by SOG in the exchange paperwork-even though the provenance and cataloguing materials unmistakably identified Davis or the Davis estate as the owner\
  • admonishing that “[a]t no point in [expert’s] report, deposition, or declaration does [expert] clarify the full set of factors that play a role in this analysis, nor does [expert] explain how these factors interact or how much weight each factor is assigned in his calculus”

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Judges: Goddard

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