Supreme Court hears California family's claim to painting taken by Nazis, sold to museum
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Tuesday heard a last-chance appeal from a Jewish family in California seeking to recover an Impressionist masterpiece that was seized by the Nazis in 1939 and has been on display in a Spanish museum since 1993. At issue now after years of litigation, most of it in a Los Angeles court, is whether the dispute should be resolved under the law of California, where ...
by David G. Savage, Los Angeles Times
Jan 18, 2022
2 minutes
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Tuesday heard a last-chance appeal from a Jewish family in California seeking to recover an Impressionist masterpiece that was seized by the Nazis in 1939 and has been on display in a Spanish museum since 1993.
At issue now after years of litigation, most of it in a Los Angeles court, is whether the dispute should be resolved under
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