21-32-cv
     JN Contemporary Art LLC v. Phillips Auctioneers LLC

 1                       UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

 2                              FOR THE SECOND CIRCUIT
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 5                                  August Term, 2021
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 7   (Argued: August 19, 2021                                Decided: March 23, 2022)
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 9                                  Docket No. 21-32-cv
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13   JN Contemporary Art LLC,
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15                     Plaintiff-Appellant,
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17                     v.
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19   Phillips Auctioneers LLC,
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21                     Defendant-Appellee.
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25   Before: POOLER, RAGGI, and CHIN, Circuit Judges.

26         Appeal from the December 17, 2020 judgment of the United States District

27   Court for the Southern District of New York (Cote, J.). Phillips Auctioneers LLC

28   invoked the force majeure clause to terminate its agreement to sell a Rudolf



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 1   Stingel painting on behalf of JN Contemporary Art LLC, citing the COVID-19

 2   p