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HOLBROOK v. CITY OF PITTSBURGH et al

  1. April 30, 2021

    Artist Says Destroyed Pittsburgh Mural Settlement Finalized

    A muralist's lawsuit against the city of Pittsburgh, Allegheny County and numerous landowners and developers over the destruction of murals and other public artworks has been fully settled, according to a letter filed in Pennsylvania federal court.

  2. January 27, 2021

    Pittsburgh Building Agency Nears Win In Artist's Murals Suit

    A Pennsylvania federal magistrate judge recommended Wednesday tossing a Pittsburgh mural artist's Visual Artists Rights Act suit against the city's Urban Redevelopment Authority over his destroyed murals, after finding that the artist failed to serve the authority during nearly three years of litigation.

  3. September 09, 2020

    Mural Artist Says Developer Jumping Gun On Bid To Exit Suit

    A Pittsburgh mural artist is fighting a property manager's attempt to escape his Visual Artists Rights Act suit over his destroyed building murals, arguing that the company's summary judgment request shouldn't be granted before discovery is complete.

  4. July 10, 2020

    Property Manager Seeks Exit From Mural Destruction Suit

    A real estate property manager asked a Pennsylvania federal court to grant the company a quick escape from a lawsuit filed by a Pittsburgh mural artist over the destruction of his artwork.

  5. September 17, 2019

    Destroyed-Mural Suit Can Proceed, But Artist Needs Contracts

    A Pittsburgh mural artist can proceed with his claims that several of his projects destroyed by redevelopment were works of art protected by federal law, but he needs to come up with copies of his contracts if he wants to pursue contract-breach claims against various developers and landlords, a Pennsylvania federal judge ruled Monday.

  6. February 26, 2019

    Pa. Developers Say Artist's Fame Can't Carry Mural Suit

    Developers, property owners, Norfolk Southern and the city of Pittsburgh objected to a magistrate judge's recommendation that a muralist's claim of fame was enough to sustain his lawsuit against them in federal court.

  7. December 06, 2018

    Developer Can't Escape Destroyed Murals Suit, Artist Says

    A Pittsburgh mural artist has urged a Pennsylvania federal judge not to let a real estate developer escape a suit accusing it and several others of destroying at least eight of his installations in and around the city, saying the developer has lost its chance to argue that the court lacked personal jurisdiction over it.

  8. November 07, 2018

    Pittsburgh Artist Drops PennDOT From Destroyed Murals Suit

    A Pittsburgh mural artist agreed Wednesday to drop the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation from the long list of developers, landowners and agencies he blames in a federal lawsuit for destroying at least eight of his installations in and around the city.

  9. October 09, 2018

    Pittsburgh Housing Authority Looks To Can Artist's Mural Suit

    A Pittsburgh mural artist can't show that his work was recognized and important enough to be protected by federal law from removal for redevelopment projects, the city's housing authority said in a filing Monday in Pennsylvania federal court.

  10. August 17, 2018

    PennDOT Wants Out Of Pittsburgh Artist's Lost-Murals Suit

    The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation is seeking to duck a Pittsburgh artist's federal lawsuit over the destruction of his murals, arguing Thursday that as a state agency it has sovereign immunity from the man's claims.

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