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Sam Francis Foundation, et al v. Christies, Inc.

  1. January 11, 2016

    Supreme Court Won't Look At Trimming Of Calif. Royalty Act

    The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday preserved a Ninth Circuit decision narrowing California's Resale Royalty Act to apply only to in-state sales of artwork, refusing to take up an appeal in three proposed class actions claiming Christie's Inc., Sotheby's Inc. and eBay Inc. owed artists royalties.

  2. May 05, 2015

    9th Circ. Royalty Case To Drive Art Resales Out Of Calif.

    After decades of scattershot compliance with California's Resale Royalty Act, the Ninth Circuit's decision Tuesday upholding the law's requirement that fine-art sellers pay visual artists royalties on California sales is likely to undercut the secondary art market in the Golden State, experts say.

  3. May 05, 2015

    9th Circ. Restricts Calif. Royalty Act To In-State Art Sales

    Fine-art sellers will be required to pay royalties to artists only on sales that take place within California after the majority of an 11-judge Ninth Circuit panel ruled Tuesday that a portion of the state's Resale Royalty Act governing out-of-state sales was unconstitutional.

  4. October 30, 2014

    9th Circ. To Rehear En Banc Artists' Royalty Act Appeal

    The Ninth Circuit on Thursday said it would rehear en banc a class of artists' appeal to restore California's Resale Royalty Act and revive suits against Christie's Inc., Sotheby's Inc. and eBay Inc., facing a potential conflict in circuit precedent on Commerce Clause applicability to state actions.

  5. September 22, 2014

    Christie's Tries To Avert Rehearing Of Royalty Act Challenge

    Christie's Inc., Sotheby's Inc. and eBay Inc. Friday tried to steer the Ninth Circuit away from rehearing a class of artists' appeal of their challenge to California's Resale Royalties Act, claiming there was no conflict between previous appeals decisions on what state actions were barred by the federal Commerce Clause.

  6. April 08, 2014

    Calif. Royalties Act Constitutional, Artists Tell 9th Circ.

    Artists trying to recover royalties on resale of their works by Christie's Inc., Sotheby's Inc. and eBay Inc. on Tuesday urged the Ninth Circuit to restore California's Resale Royalties Act and revive their class actions, saying a lower court erred in ruling the statute violates the federal Commerce Clause.