UNGARO-BENAGES v. DRESDNER BANK AG

No. 03-11880.

379 F.3d 1227 (2004)

Ursula UNGARO-BENAGES, Judge, as heir of Lili Berliner nee Orenstein, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. DRESDNER BANK AG, Deutsche Bank AG, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

August 3, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Beverly A. Pohl, Bruce Rogow, Bruce S. Rogow, P.A., Fort Lauderdale, FL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Jeffrey Barist, Jeffrey L. Nagel, Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy, LLP, New York City, Alan S. Fine, Miami, FL, for Defendants-Appellees.

Douglas Hallward-Driemeier, Washington, DC, for Amicus Curiae, U.S.

Roger M. Witten, New York City, for Amicus Curiae, Fed. Republic of Germany.

Before BIRCH, KRAVITCH and OAKES, Circuit Judges.


KRAVITCH, Circuit Judge:

Plaintiff-appellant, Ursula Ungaro-Benages, filed suit against two German banks, Dresdner Bank and Deutsche Bank, to recover assets from her family's estate. The plaintiff alleges that the banks, through the Nazi Regime's program of "Aryanization," stole her family's interest in its manufacturing company, Orenstein & Koppel ("O&K"). The district court granted summary judgment for the defendant banks on multiple grounds, including the...

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