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In re Salander O’Reilly Galleries

In re Salander O’Reilly Galleries, 453 B.R. 106 (Bankr. S.D.N.Y. 2011); aff’d, 475 B.R. 9 (S.D.N.Y. 2012).

Précis
In this case involving the bankruptcy of the Salander O’Reilly Galleries, a 2011 decision by a New York Bankruptcy Court, upheld in 2012, allowing creditors of bankrupt galleries to take possession of consigned works of art, was considered so unjust . . .






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