CASSIRER v. KINGDOM OF SPAIN

No. CV 05-3459-GAF(CTX).

461 F.Supp.2d 1157 (2006)

Claude CASSIRER, Plaintiff, v. KINGDOM OF SPAIN, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, C.D. California.

August 30, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Andrew R. Hall, Davis Wright and Tremaine, Los Angeles, CA, Catherine E. Maxson, John A. Reed, Stuart R. Dunwoody, Davis Wright and Tremaine, Seattle, WA, Victor A. Kovner, Davis Wright and Tremaine, New York, NY, for Plaintiff.

Mark E. Beck, Mark Mermelstein, Beck De Corso Daly Kreindler & Harris, Andrew J. Fleming, Michelle Beth Goodman, Thaddeus J. Stauber, Sidley Austin, Los Angeles, CA, William M. Barron, Alston & Bird, New York, NY, for Defendants.


MEMORANDUM AND ORDER REGARDING DEFENDANTS' MOTIONS TO DISMISS

FEESS, District Judge.

I.

INTRODUCTION & BACKGROUND

A. THE LAWSUIT

In the present lawsuit, Plaintiff, the grandson of Lilly Cassirer Neubauer, seeks to recover from the Kingdom of Spain ("Spain") and the Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection Foundation (the "Foundation"), a painting by Camille Pissaro (the "Painting") that the Nazis extorted from his...

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