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Von Saher claim against Norton Simon Museum dismissed as preempted under foreign affairs doctrine.

Posted in Foreign Sovereign Immunities, Restitution, Uncategorized, World War II

Raising another hurdle to restitution claims, the U.S. District Court in Los Angeles against the Norton Simon Museum to the remnants of the famed Jacques Goudstikker collection, on the grounds that her case is preempted by the United States’ foreign affairs doctrine.  In an unusually apologetic decision, the court ruled that regardless of the merits… Continue Reading