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Conflict of Laws Keyed to Brilmayer
Blackwell v. Lurie
Citation:
71 P.3d 509 (N.M. Ct. App. 2003)Facts
In 1978 in Missouri, Ronald and Nancy Lurie (the Luries) purchased a valuable sketch called “Scenes of Navajo Life” by Frederic Remington (the sketch). In 1993, while still living in Missouri, the Luries placed the sketch on consignment at an art gallery in New Mexico. The Luries then relocated to Montana.
Ronald Lurie was a general partner in a Missouri law firm called Popkin & Stern. The firm went into bankruptcy in the early 1990s, and Robert Blackwell was appointed as the Liquidating Trustee. Blackwell obtained a deficiency judgment against Ronald Lurie in the amount of $1,121,743.00.
In 1995, the Missouri bankruptcy court ordered that all parties to the Popkin & Stern proceedings were stayed from transferring, selling, or disposing of certain assets. This order included the Luries’ sketch. The order was lifted in 2001, and Blackwell was expressly authorized to execute on the sketch. As a result, he served the Luries with notice and filed a petition for writ of execution in a New Mexico district court. The Luries moved to quash the petition, arguing that the sketch was owned by them as tenants by the entirety. They argued, therefore, that the sketch could not be used to satisfy the deficiency judgment. The district court quashed Blackwell’s petition, and Blackwell appealed.
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