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CASSIRER v. KINGDOM OF SPAIN

Nos. 06-56325, 06-56406.

580 F.3d 1048 (2009)

Claude CASSIRER, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. KINGDOM OF SPAIN, a foreign state, Defendant, and Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection Foundation, an agency or instrumentality of the Kingdom of Spain, Defendant-Appellant. Claude Cassirer, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Kingdom of Spain, a foreign state, Defendant-Appellant, and Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection Foundation, an agency or instrumentality of the Kingdom of Spain, Defendant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Submitted September 8, 2009.

Filed September 8, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William M. Barron of Alston & Bird, LLP, New York City, NY; Anthony A. De Corso of Beck, De Corso, Daly, Kreindler & Harris, for defendant-appellant the Kingdom of Spain.

Thaddeus J. Stauber and Walter T. Johnson of Nixon Peabody, LLP, Los Angeles, CA, for defendant-appellant Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection Foundation.

Stuart R. Dunwoody of Davis Wright Tremaine, LLP, Los Angeles, CA, for plaintiff-appellee Claude Cassirer.

Before: THOMAS G. NELSON, SANDRA S. IKUTA, and N. RANDY SMITH, Circuit Judges.

Opinion by Judge N.R. SMITH; Partial concurrence and Partial Dissent by Judge IKUTA.

N.R. SMITH, Circuit Judge:

Claude Cassirer ("Cassirer") filed this action in federal district court against the Kingdom of Spain ("Spain") and the Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection Foundation (the "Foundation")1 to recover a Camille Pissarro painting now on display at the Foundation's museum in Madrid, Spain. Cassirer alleges that the painting was...

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