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DUNBAR v. SEGER-THOMSCHITZ

No. 09-30717.

615 F.3d 574 (2010)

Sarah Blodgett DUNBAR, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Claudia SEGER-THOMSCHITZ, Doctor, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

August 20, 2010.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Phillip A. Wittmann, Jennifer Borum Bechet, James Dalton Courson, Stone, Pigman, Walther & Wittmann, L.L.C., New Orleans, LA, Sarah E. Andre, Thaddeus J. Stauber (argued), Nixon Peabody, L.L.P., Los Angeles, CA, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Stephen H. Myers, Lafayette, LA, Thomas J. Hamilton (argued), Byrne, Goldenberg & Hamilton, P.L.L.C., Washington, DC, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before JONES, Chief Judge, and KING and HAYNES, Circuit Judges.

EDITH H. JONES, Chief Judge:

A painting by Oskar Kokoschka entitled Portrait of Youth (Hans Reichel) (1910) ("the painting") is currently in the physical possession of the Appellee, Sarah Dunbar, in New Orleans, Louisiana. Appellant, Dr. Claudia Seger-Thomschitz, claims title to the painting, asserting that it was "confiscated" by the Nazis from her deceased husband's family. Dunbar sued to quiet title to the painting based on her ownership by acquisitive prescription...

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