LOBBY VS. CAFESJIAN

Lragir
Oct 23 2007
Armenia

The Armenian Genocide Museum and Memorial, Inc. released information
which holds: "Lawyers for the Trustees of the Armenian Genocide Museum
and Memorial and the Armenian Assembly of America have characterized as
"frivolous" Gerard Cafesjian’s latest lawsuit intended to scuttle the
building of a genocide museum in Washington, DC to honor the Armenian
Genocide victims, survivors, and family members. "This lawsuit comes as
a total surprise to us since it has no basis in fact or law" stated
Arnold R. Rosenfeld of Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Preston Gates Ellis
LLP. "It is a desperate attempt by Mr. Cafesjian to block the recent
progress made by the trustees to restart the process of building
a museum of which all Armenian-Americans can be proud." Rosenfeld
added: "All acts to proceed to build the museum were duly authorized
at a meeting which was properly noticed and with a quorum of those
eligible to vote, and were taken in accordance with the bylaws of the
AGM&M. All the votes were perfectly legal and authorized under the
law. In fact, Cafesjian’s designated representative, John J. Waters,
Jr., participated in the meeting and then voluntarily withdrew from
the meeting. All of Cafesjian’s new claims are frivolous and will
be dealt with through the proper motions in federal court where this
case was brought."

The Armenian Genocide Museum and Memorial will be located at 14th
and G Streets in Washington, DC."