DE CSEPEL v. REPUBLIC OF HUNGARY

Nos. 11-7096, 12-7025, 12-7026.

714 F.3d 591 (2013)

David L. DE CSEPEL, et al., Appellees/Cross-Appellants v. REPUBLIC OF HUNGARY, a Foreign State, et al., Appellants/Cross-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided April 19, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thaddeus J. Stauber argued the cause for appellants/cross-appellees. With him on the briefs were D. Grayson Yeargin and Sarah E. André . David D. West entered an appearance.

Michael S. Shuster argued the cause for appellees/cross-appellants. With him on the briefs were Dorit Ungar Black , Sheron Korpus , Alycia Regan Benenati , Michael D. Hays, and Daniel D. Prichard . Agnes Peresztegi and Alyssa T. Saunders entered appearances.

Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge TATEL.


TATEL, Circuit Judge:

As part of the wholesale plunder of Jewish property carried out during the Holocaust, the Hungarian government, acting in collaboration with Nazi Germany, confiscated the "Herzog Collection" — one of Europe's largest and finest private art collections. Plaintiffs, descendants of the Collection's owner, claim that following World War II the Hungarian government entered into bailment agreements with them to retain possession of the Collection...

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