U.S. Judge Denies New Trial in Armenian Genocide Museum Dispute

11:04, February 22, 2013

Museum trustees ordered to pay Cafesjian $1.4 million in fees and costs

More than a decade after efforts began to build a museum memorializing the mass slaughter of Armenians during World War I, litigation over the failure of those efforts has consumed everyone involved.

Yesterday, a Washington federal judge denied a motion for a new trial in the dispute and ordered the plaintiffs to pay the defendants $1.4 million in fees and costs.

Minnesota philanthropist and businessman Gerard Cafesjian tangled for years with museum trustees over who was to blame for the project’s failure and what should happen to buildings Cafesjian donated to house the museum. Following a bench trial, U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly found that the buildings should return to Cafesjian. Yesterday, she denied the trustees’ motion for another trial.  Read more... (664 words)

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