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Case Summary
Mueller v. Michael Janssen Gallery
Mueller v. Michael Janssen Gallery PTE., Ltd., No. 1:15-CV-04827 (S.D.N.Y. Dec. 2, 2016).
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breach of contract
Violation of a contractual obligation by failing to perform one's own promise, by repudiating it, or by interfering with another party's performance (Black’s Law Dictionary (8th ed. 2004)).
breach of contract suit, art patron Scott C. Mueller sought to exercise his buy-back option against Galerie Michael Janssen, Berlin for a sculpture by Cady Noland, which the artist disavowed under the Visual Artists Rights Act of 1990 due to unauthorized restoration.
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