SIMON v. REPUBLIC OF HUNGARY

No. 17-7146.

911 F.3d 1172 (2018)

Rosalie SIMON, et al., Appellants v. REPUBLIC OF HUNGARY and Magyar Allamvasutak Zrt., Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided December 28, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul G. Gaston , Washington, DC, argued the cause for appellants. With him on the briefs were Charles S. Fax , Liesel J. Schopler , L. Marc Zell , and David H. Weinstein .

Samuel J. Dubbin , Coral Gables, FL, was on the brief for amici curiae Holocaust Survivors Foundation USA, Inc., et al. in support of plaintiffs-appellants.

Geoffrey M. Klineberg and Daniel S. Severson , Washington, DC, were on the brief for amicus curiae Professor William S. Dodge in support of plaintiffs-appellants.

Gregory S. Silbert argued the cause for appellees. With him on the brief was Konrad L. Cailteux , New York, NY.

Dissenting opinion filed by Circuit Judge Katsas.


"Nowhere was the Holocaust executed with such speed and ferocity as it was in Hungary." Simon v. Republic of Hungary, 812 F.3d 127, 133 (D.C. Cir. 2016) (internal quotation marks and citation omitted). More than 560,000 Hungarian Jews — 68% of Hungary's pre-war Jewish population...

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