Opinion ID: 732381
Heading Depth: 3
Heading Rank: 3

Heading: Sale of Art Works

Text: 42 Appellants argue that the sale of the art works did not violate the injunction because the artworks were the personal property of Imelda Marcos and did not belong to the Estate. However, an allegation of the Estate's ownership of the art works was included in Hilao's motion for contempt and is consequently deemed established by operation of the discovery sanctions. 43 Appellants also contend that the sale cannot violate the injunction because the art works were sold and the proceeds distributed as part of a consent order entered by Judge Connor to settle an interpleader action in New York in which Imelda Marcos had intervened. Imelda Marcos voluntarily agreed to the consent orders, which provided for the sale of the art works and for distribution of the proceeds according to a settlement agreed upon by the parties in the New York action. Since Imelda Marcos negotiated a settlement and consented to an order that directly violated the injunction without informing Judge Connor of the injunction, she cannot now claim that the consent order was an act of the court which excuses the violation.