In re ASSICURAZIONI GENERALI, S.P.A.,
Dr. Thomas Weiss, Erna Birnbaum Gottesman and Martha Birnbaum Younger, Plaintiff-Appellants,
v.
Assicurazioni Generali, S.p.A., Defendant-Appellee.
Edward David, as Personal Representative of the Estate of David David, Plaintiff-Appellant,
v.
Assicurazioni Generali, S.p.A., Defendant-Appellee.
United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
Argued: June 10, 2008.
Decided: January 15, 2010.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
William M. Shernoff, Shernoff Bidart & Darras, Claremont, CA (Nancy Sher Cohen, Warrington S. Parker III, Reynold Siemens, John C. Ulin, Doug M. Keller, Peggy J. Williams, and Esta L. Brand, Heller Ehrman LLP, Lawrence Kill and Linda Gerstel, Anderson Kill & Olick, P.C., Robert A. Swift and Joanne Zack, Kohn, Swift & Graf, P.C., Caryn Becker, Lieff, Cabraser, Heimann & Bernstein, LLP, Joel Cohen and Evangeline F. Garris, Shernoff Bidart & Darras, Samuel J. Dubbin, Dubbin & Kravetz, LLP, Thomas R. Fahl, Flanner, Stack & Fahl LLP, on the brief), for Appellants.
Samuel J. Dubbin, Dubbin & Kravetz, LLP, Miami, FL, for Appellants Dr. Thomas Weiss, Erna Birnbaum Gottesman, and Martha Birnbaum Younger.
Thomas R. Fahl, Flanner, Stack & Fahl LLP, Brookfield, WI, for Appellant Edward David.
Marco E. Schnabl, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, New York, N.Y. (Kenneth J. Bialkin, Barry H. Garfinkel, Peter Simshauser, and Lance A. Etcheverry, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, Franklin B. Velie, Sullivan & Worcester LLP, on the brief), for Appellee.
Sharon Swingle, Attorney, United States Department of Justice, Civil Division, Appellate Staff, Washington, D.C. (John B. Bellinger, III, Legal Adviser, United States Department of State, Gregory G. Katsas, Assistant Attorney General, Mark B. Stern and Benjamin M. Shultz, Attorneys, Department of Justice, Civil Division, Appellate Staff, on the brief), for Amicus Curiae United States of America.
Benjamin M. Shultz, Attorney, United States Department of Justice, Civil Division, Appellate Staff, Washington, D.C. (Harold Hongju Koh, Legal Adviser, United States Department of State, Tony West, Assistant Attorney General, Preet Bharara, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, David S. Jones, Assistant United States Attorney, Mark B. Stern and Sharon Swingle, Attorneys, United States Department of Justice, Civil Division, Appellate Staff, on the briefs), for Amicus Curiae United States of America.
Michael D. Ramsey, University of San Diego Law School, San Diego, CA, for Amici Curiae Professors of Constitutional Law and Foreign Relations Law of the United States.
Before: LEVAL, CALABRESI, and POOLER, Circuit Judges.
United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.
LEVAL, Circuit Judge:
Plaintiffs Dr. Thomas Weiss, Erna Birnbaum Gottesman, and Martha Birnbaum Younger ("the Weiss Plaintiffs") and Plaintiff Edward David ("David") appeal from the judgment of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (Mukasey, J.), which dismissed their claims. Plaintiffs are beneficiaries of insurance policies purchased by their ancestors in the years leading up to the Holocaust from Defendant Assicurazioni Generali...
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