KORBER v. BUNDESREPUBLIK DEUTSCHLAND

No. 12-3269.

739 F.3d 1009 (2014)

Elfriede KORBER and Christopher Mark, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. BUNDESREPUBLIK DEUTSCHLAND, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided January 9, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hassan Ali Abbas , Attorney, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Jeffrey Harris , Attorney, Rubin, Winston, Dierks, Harris & Cooke, L.L.P., Washington, DC, Sander Bak , Attorney, Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy, New York, NY, Nathan P. Eimer , Attorney, Eimer Stahl LLP, Christian T. Kemnitz , Attorney, Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP, Kenneth F. Berg , Attorney, Ulmer & Berne, Geoffrey M. Atkins , Attorney, Randall W. Bodner , Attorney, Ropes & Gray, Boston, MA, Barry Levenstam , Attorney, Jenner & Block LLP, Todd C. Jacobs , Attorney, Grippo & Elden LLC, Chicago, IL, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before EASTERBROOK, WILLIAMS, and TINDER, Circuit Judges.


EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.

After Germany surrendered in May 1945, holders of bonds issued by public and private entities in that nation demanded repayment. Germany had suspended payment on many foreign-held bonds during the 1930s, but some pre-war bonds were not due until the 1950s or 1960s. A multinational agreement among 21 creditor nations and the Federal Republic of Germany—which at the time meant the Länder that had been occupied by the United States...

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