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WHITEMAN v. DOROTHEUM GMBH & CO. KG

Docket Nos. 02-9361(L), 02-3087(CON).

431 F.3d 57 (2005)

Dorit WHITEMAN, Alfons Sperber, Hertha Field, Alice Jay Sussman, Anitta Lea, Robert Weinberger, Rudolf Auspitz, Max Uri, Fritz Uri, Leo Granierer, Sophie Haber, Gertrude Fiala, Harriet Mehl-Rottenberg, Gerda Feldsberg, Alexander-Sandor Fürst, Ernst B. Rivin-Riesenfeld, Lizzy Rappbauer, Ruth Davidovits, Dorothea Winkler, Erich Richard Finsches, Michael Schwarz, Heinz Bischitz, Lottie Meczesschwenk, Luge Svoboda, Friederike Herzl, Robert Klein, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. DOROTHEUM GMBH & CO KG, also known as Dorotheum Auktions-Versatz-Und Bankgesellschaft MBH, Republic of Austria, Österreichische Industrieholding AG, Defendants-Appellants, Voest-Alpine Stahl AG, VA Technologie AG, Böhler Uddeholm AG, ÖMV AG, Raiffeisen Zentral Österreichische Bank A.G., Stey-Daimler-Puch AG, also known as Stey Daimler-Puch Spezialfahrzeug AG, also known as Stey Daimler Puch Fahrzeug Technik AG, Uniqa Versicherungen AG, Austrian Doe Corporations 1 to 100, Erste Bank Der Oesterreichischen Sparkassen AG, Defendants. In re Republic of Austria, Dorotheum GmbH & Co KG, and Österreichische Industrieholding AG, Petitioners. Dorit Whiteman, Alfons Sperber, Hertha Field, Alice Jay Sussman, Anitta Lea, Robert Weinberger, Rudolf Auspitz, Max Uri, Fritz Uri, Leo Granierer, Sophie Haber, Gertrude Fiala, Harriet Mehl-Rottenberg, Gerda Feldsberg, Alexander-Sandor Fürst, Ernst B. Rivin-Riesenfeld, Lizzy Rappbauer, Ruth Davidovits, Dorothea Winkler, Erich Richard Finsches, Michael Schwarz, Heinz Bischitz, Lottie Meczesschwenk, Luge Svoboda, Friederike Herzl, Robert Klein, Plaintiffs-Respondents, v. Republic of Austria, Dorotheum GmbH & Co KG, Österreichische industrieholding AG, Defendants-Petitioners, Voest-Alpine Stahl AG, VA Technologie AG, Böhler Uddeholm AG, ÖMV AG, Raiffeisen Zentral Österreichische Bank A.G., Stey-Daimler-Puch AG, also known as Steyr Daimler-Puch Spezialfahrzeug AG, also known as Steyr Daimler Puch Fahrzeug Technik AG, Uniqa Versicherungen AG, Austrian Doe Corporations 1 to 100, Magna Stey, Erste Bank Der Oesterreichischen Sparkassen AG, & David H. Pikus, Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Remanded: June 14, 2004.

Re-Submitted: September 10, 2004.

Initially Decided: August 6, 2003.

Decided: November 23, 2005.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gregory S. Coleman (Christian J. Ward, Konrad L. Cailteux, Nina Nagler, of counsel), Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, New York, NY, appearing on behalf of Defendants-Appellants and Petitioners Republic of Austria and Osterreichische Industrieholding AG.

William M. Barron, Alston & Bird LLP, New York, NY, appearing on behalf of Defendant-Appellant and Petitioner Dorotheum GmbH & Co KG.

Jay R. Fialkoff (Philippe Zimmerman, Jayson D. Glassman, of counsel), Moses & Singer LLP, New York, NY, appearing on behalf of Plaintiffs-Appellees Whiteman, et al.

Bernard W. Nussbaum, Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, New York, NY, appearing on behalf of United States District Judge Shirley Wohl Kram.

Charles G. Moerdler (James A. Shifren, Joseph E. Strauss, Jeremy S. Rosof, of counsel), Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP, New York, NY, appearing on behalf of Amicus Curiae the Austrian Jewish Community.

Douglas Hallward-Driemeier (William H. Taft IV, Jonathan B. Schwartz, Wynne M. Teel, Robert D. McCallum, Gregory G. Katsas, Jr., Mark B. Stern, of counsel), Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., appearing on behalf of Amicus Curiae United States of America in support of Defendant-Appellant Republic of Austria.

Stanley M. Chesley (Jean M. Geoppinger, of counsel), Waite, Schneider, Bayless & Chesley Co., L.P.A., Cincinnati, OH, appearing on behalf of Amicus Curiae American Council for Equal Compensation of Nazi Victims from Austria.

Before: KEARSE, CABRANES and STRAUB, Circuit Judges.

Remanded by Supreme Court: June 14, 2004.

JOSÉ A. CABRANES, Circuit Judge.

We are asked by the Republic of Austria — and by the United States and the American Council for Equal Compensation of Nazi Victims from Austria, as amici curiae — to dismiss this case, which is reported to be the sole remaining obstacle to the implementation of a fund to compensate Austrian Jewish victims of the Nazi...

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