 In June 2019, Sotheby’s request to have the case against it thrown out was denied by a US federal court in Manhattan.The court argued that Sotheby’s had failed to establish “exceptional circumstances” to justify such a move.The auction house also had to allow public access to previously sealed or redacted documents detailing correspondence between Yves Bouvier, Sotheby’s staff as well as Sotheby’s senior director and vice-chairman for private sales Samuel Valette.