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VON SAHER v. NORTON SIMON MUSEUM OF ART

No. 07-56691.

578 F.3d 1016 (2009)

Marei VON SAHER, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. NORTON SIMON MUSEUM OF ART AT PASADENA, Norton Simon Museum of Art at Pasadena; Norton Simon Art Foundation, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed August 19, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lawrence M. Kaye, New York, NY, for plaintiff-appellant Marei Von Saher.

Fred Anthony Rowley, Jr., Los Angeles, CA, for defendants-appellees Norton Simon Museum of Art at Pasadena and Norton Simon Art Foundation.

Frank Kaplan, Santa Monica, CA, for amicus curiae Bet Tzedek Legal Services, The Jewish Federation Council of Greater Los Angeles, American Jewish Congress, American Jewish Committee, Simon Wiesenthal Center and Commission for Art Recovery.

Edmund G. Brown, Jr., Attorney General of the State of California by Antonette Benita Cordero, Los Angeles, CA, for amicus curiae State of California.

Opinion by Judge THOMPSON; Dissent by Judge PREGERSON.

OPINION

THOMPSON, Senior Circuit Judge:

Marei von Saher ("Saher") seeks the return of two paintings alleged to have been looted by the Nazis during World War II. The paintings were purchased in or around 1971 by the Norton Simon Museum of Art in Pasadena, California ("the Museum"), and are now on display there. Saher brought this claim against the Museum under § 354.3 of the California Code of Civil Procedure, which extends the statute of limitations...

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