Court Documents: The Nahmad Modigliani interest ruling

This page hosts the court documents behind Urgent Matter's reporting on the July 28, 2026 interest ruling in the fight over Amedeo Modigliani's Seated Man with a Cane.

The core document is the July 28 decision and order on prejudgment interest, along with the notice telling the parties it had been entered.

The transcript of the May 19, 2026 argument before Justice Joel M. Cohen is included in full, along with the partial judgment entered June 16 awarding the estate ownership and ordering the painting turned over.

The briefs on interest are here from both sides: the defendants' opposition and the estate's reply, including the competing appraisals and the dispute over what the painting is worth.

The stay papers are also included: the defendants' memorandum asking Cohen to hold the handover, the order to show cause he declined to sign on June 30, and letters to the court from both firms.

Two notices of appeal round out the package, one from the partial judgment and one from the June 11 order refusing to reopen the case.

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The estate wants $23,323,562.20 in interest.

Urgent MatterAdam Schrader