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PRICE v. U.S.

No. 93-2564.

69 F.3d 46 (1995)

Billy F. PRICE, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees Cross-Appellants, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant-Appellant Cross-Appellee. In re the Petition of Billy F. PRICE and Henriette von Schirach, geb. Hoffman to Perpetuate the Testimony of Henriette von Schirach, geb. Hoffman, et al. UNITED STATES of America, Appellant-Cross-Appellee, v. Billy F. PRICE, et al., Appellees-Cross-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

November 20, 1995.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Howard S. Scher, William Kanter, Deputy Dir., Dept. of Justice, Civil Div., Appellate Staff, Washington DC, for appellants.

Robert I. White, Larry A. Campagna, Chamberlain, Hrdlicka, White, Williams & Martin, Houston, TX, for appellees.

Before WOOD, JR., JOLLY and DeMOSS, Circuit Judges.

E. GRADY JOLLY, Circuit Judge:

This appeal requires us to decide whether a federal court can award damages against the United States in connection with its refusal to turn over pieces of art and historical photographs that were removed from Germany during the allied occupation after World War II. Billy Price, a Texas businessman, obtained a nearly $8 million judgment against the United States after it refused his demands for four watercolor paintings that were painted...

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