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FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY v. ELICOFON

Nos. 69-C-93, 69-C-370.

358 F.Supp. 747 (1972)

FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY, Plaintiff, v. Edward I. ELICOFON, Defendant, Elisabeth Mathilde Isidore Erbgrossherzogin von Sachsen-Weimar-Eisenach (Grand Duchess of Saxony-Weimar), Plaintiff-Intervenor. KUNSTSAMMLUNGEN zu WEIMAR, Plaintiff, v. Edward I. ELICOFON, Defendant.

United States District Court, E. D. New York.

Supplemental Opinion September 25, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Albert D. Jordan, Valicenti, Leighton, Reid & Pine, New York City, Counsel to Horst Kurnik, for Federal Republic of Germany.

Richard W. Hulbert, and George J. Grumbach, Jr., Cleary, Cottlieb, Steen & Hamilton, New York City, for Edward I. Elicofon.

Herbert J. Strong, Scribner & Miller, New York City, for Elisabeth Mathilde Isidore, etc.

Harry I. Rand, Botein, Hays, Sklar & Herzberg, New York City, for Kunstsammlungen zu Weimar.

James D. Porter, Asst. U. S. Atty., Robert A. Morse, U. S. Atty., E. D. New York, Brooklyn, N. Y., for the United States.

MEMORANDUM OF DECISION AND ORDER

MISHLER, Chief Judge.

On January 27, 1969, the Federal Republic of Germany began action number 69-C-93 against Edward I. Elicofon for the return of two paintings believed to be in defendant's possession. The paintings, portraits of Hans and Felicitas Teicher, were allegedly painted by the celebrated German artist Albrecht Duerer in or about 1499. The complaint asserts that the...

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