FISCHER v. MAGYAR ÁLLAMVASUTAK ZRT.

Nos. 13-3073, 14-1319.

777 F.3d 847 (2015)

Paul Chaim Shlomo FISCHER, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. MAGYAR ÁLLAMVASUTAK ZRT., Defendant-Appellee. Michael J. Albert, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Magyar Nemzeti Bank and Erste Group Bank, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided January 23, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeffrey A. Leon , Attorney, Quantum Legal LLC, Highland Park, IL, Robert James Pavich , Attorney, Pavich Law Group P.C., Chicago, IL, Kenneth F. McCallion , Attorney, McCallion & Associates, New York, N.Y., for Plaintiff-Appellant, for Docket No. 13-3073.

Konrad L. Cailteux , Attorney, Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, New York, N.Y., James W. McConkey , Attorney, Miller Canfield Paddock & Stone, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellee, for Docket No. 13-3073.

John Pavich , Robert James Pavich , Pavich Law Group, P.C., Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant Michael J. Albert, for Docket No. 14-1319.

Jeffrey A. Leon , Attorney, Quantum Legal LLC, Highland Park, IL, John Pavich , Robert James Pavich , Attorneys, Pavich Law Group P.C., Chicago, IL, for Plaintiffs-Appellants, Judith V. Aronson , Stephen I. Bass , Katalin Braun and Istran P. Somogyi, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, for Docket No. 14-1319.

Anthony L. Paccione , Attorney, Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellee Magyar Nemzeti Bank, for Docket No. 14-1319.

Alan Kanzer , Attorney, Amber Wessels-Yen , Alston & Bird LLP, New York, N.Y., Steven L. Baron , Attorney, Mandell Menkes, LLC, Chicago, IL, for Defendants-Appellees Erste Group Bank, for Docket No. 14-1319.

Before KANNE, WILLIAMS, and HAMILTON, Circuit Judges.


These appeals arise from suits brought by Holocaust survivors and the heirs of other Holocaust victims against the Hungarian national railway, the Hungarian national bank, and several private banks for the roles they or their predecessors played in carrying out genocide against Hungarian Jews during World War II. These claims...

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