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ABELESZ v. MAGYAR NEMZETI BANK

Nos. 11-2387, 11-2791.

692 F.3d 661 (2012)

Erno Kalman ABELESZ et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. MAGYAR NEMZETI BANK, Defendant-Appellant. Paul Chaim Shlomo Fischer et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Magyar Államvasutak Zrt., Defendant-Appellant.

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 Plaintiffs-Appellees.

Anthony L. Paccione (argued), Attorney, Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellant.

Konrad L. Cailteux , Attorney, Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, New York, NY, Dean A Dickie , Attorney, Miller Canfield P.L.C., Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before KANNE, WILLIAMS, and HAMILTON, Circuit Judges.

HAMILTON, Circuit Judge.

Holocaust survivors and heirs of other Holocaust victims have sued several Hungarian banks and the Hungarian national railway in a U.S. district court alleging that the banks and the national railway participated in expropriating property from Hungarian Jews who were victims of the Holocaust. These two district court cases have produced nine separate pending appeals and mandamus petitions in this court. In this opinion, we address the claims...

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