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ABELESZ v. OTP BANK

Nos. 11-2353, 11-2386, 11-2875, 11-3247, 11-3249.

692 F.3d 638 (2012)

Erno Kalman ABELESZ et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. OTP BANK, Defendant-Appellant. Erno Kalman Abelesz et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. MKB Bank Zrt., sued as MKB Bayerische Landesbank, Defendant-Appellant. Erno Kalman Abelesz et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. MKB Bank Zrt., sued as MKB Bayerische Landesbank, Defendant-Appellant. In re MKB Bank Zrt., sued as MKB Bayerische Landesbank, Petitioner. In re OTP Bank, Petitioner.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided August 22, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Anthony Alfred D'Amato , Attorney, Northwestern University School of Law, Jeffrey A. Leon (argued), Attorney, Complex Litigation Group, LLC, Robert James Pavich (argued), Attorney, Pavich Law Group, Chicago, IL, Richard H. Weisberg , Attorney, Cardozo Law School, New York, NY, for Holocaust Victims of Bank Theft.

Thomas G. Corcoran, Jr. (argued), Attorney, Berliner, Corcoran & Rowe, Washington, DC, Gregory Louis Stelzer , Attorney, Figliulo & Silverman, P.C., Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellant.

Thomas G. Corcoran, Jr. (argued), Attorney, Berliner, Corcoran & Rowe, Washington, DC, James R. Figliulo , Attorney, Figliulo & Silverman, P.C., Chicago, IL, for Petitioner.

Tyrone C. Fahner , Attorney, Mayer Brown LLP, Chicago, IL, Charles A. Rothfeld (argued), Attorney, Mayer Brown LLP, Washington, DC, for Petitioner and Defendant-Appellant.

Joel D. Bertocchi , Attorney, Hinshaw & Culbertson, Chicago, IL, for Amicus Curiae.

Before KANNE, WILLIAMS, and HAMILTON, Circuit Judges.

HAMILTON, Circuit Judge.

A group of Holocaust survivors and heirs of other Holocaust victims filed suit against several banks alleging that the banks participated in expropriating property from Hungarian Jews during the Holocaust. This case and a parallel case against the Hungarian national railway have produced nine separate pending appeals and mandamus petitions. In this opinion, we address the plaintiffs' claims against two privately owned Hungarian banks, defendants...

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