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DC Circuit Reinstates All Claims that Were Dismissed in Herzog Case Against Hungary-UPDATED

By Nicholas O'Donnell on Posted in Foreign Sovereign Immunities, Restitution, World War II

The DC Circuit Court of Appeals has reinstated the entire set of claims brought by the Herzog heirs against the Hungarian National Gallery, the Budapest Museum of Fine Arts, the Museum of Applied Arts, and the Budapest University of Technology and Economics.  The appellate decision focuses on the claim that an agreement was reached after WWII… Continue Reading

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

By Nicholas O'Donnell on 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