DREYFUS v. VON FINCK

No. 194, Docket 75-7135.

534 F.2d 24 (1976)

Willy DREYFUS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. August VON FINCK and Merck, Finck & Co., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided April 6, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eric Schnapper, New York City (John R. Horan, New York City, of counsel), for plaintiff-appellant.

William Schurtman, New York City (Walter, Conston, Schurtman & Gumpel, P. C., Alan Kanzer, New York City, of counsel), for defendants-appellees.

Before OAKES, VAN GRAAFEILAND and MESKILL, Circuit Judges.


VAN GRAAFEILAND, Circuit Judge:

The judgment appealed from dismissed the complaint of a Swiss citizen and resident seeking recovery from West German citizens and residents for allegedly wrongful confiscation of property in Nazi Germany in 1938. The action was commenced in the Southern District of New York in 1973 by attaching certain of defendants' assets in New York City.

Plaintiff, a Jew and former resident of Germany, was forced to emigrate from that country...

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