VON SAHER v. NORTON SIMON MUSEUM OF ART

No. 16-56308.

897 F.3d 1141 (2018)

Marei VON SAHER, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. NORTON SIMON MUSEUM OF ART AT PASADENA; Norton Simon Art Foundation, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed July 30, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lawrence M. Kaye (argued), Howard N. Spiegler , Frank K. Lord IV , and Darlene B. Fairman , Herrick Feinstein LLP, New York, New York, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Fred Anthony Rowley Jr. (argued), Justin P. Raphael , Eric P. Tuttle , Mark R. Yohalem , Luis Li , and Ronald L. Olson , Munger Tolles & Olson LLP, Los Angeles, California, for Defendants-Appellees.

Stanley W. Levy , Benjamin G. Shatz , and Connie Lam , Manatt Phelps & Phillips LLP, Los Angeles, California; Michael Bazyler , Dale E. Fowler School of Law, Chapman University, Orange, California; for Amici Curiae The 1939 Society, Bet Tzedek, and Jewish Historical Museum.

Owen C. Pell and Lynn Kaiser , White & Case LLP, New York, New York; Agnes Peresztegi , Of Counsel, Soffer Avocats, Paris, France; for Amicus Curiae Commission for Art Recovery.

Susan J. Kohlmann , Irene M. Ten Cate , and Ava U. McAlpin , Jenner & Block LLP, New York, New York, for Amicus Curiae Professor Leonard F.M. Besselink.

Thomas R. Kline and L. Eden Burgess , Cultural Heritage Partners PLLC, Washington, D.C., for Amici Curiae Members of Congress E. Engel and J. Nadler and Former Members of Congress M. Levine and R. Wexler.

Concurrence by Judge Wardlaw.


OPINION

Hanging in the balance are Renaissance masterpieces that have been on display in California for nearly half a century. The dispute over their ownership, however, dates back to World War II, when the Nazis invaded the Netherlands.

Marei von Saher ("von Saher") seeks to recover two oil paintings that...

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