SCALIN v. SOCIÉTÉ NATIONALE SNCF SA

No. 18-1887.

8 F.4th 509 (2021)

Karen SCALIN, Roland Cherrier, and Josiane Piquard, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. SOCIÉTÉ NATIONALE SNCF SA, formerly known as Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided August 6, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven Paul Blonder, I , Jonathan L. Loew , Attorneys, Much Shelist, P.C., Chicago, IL, Robert K. Kry , Molo Lamken LLP, Washington, DC, Stephen T. Rodd , Attorney, Abbey Spanier LLP, New York, NY, Harriet Tamen , Attorney, Tamen Law Offices, New York, NY, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

John B. Bellinger, III , Sally Pei , Robert Neil Weiner , Attorneys, Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP, Washington, DC, Stephanie A. Scharf , Attorney, Scharf Banks Marmor LLC, Chicago, IL, Robert Reeves Anderson , Attorney, Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP, Denver, CO, for Defendant-Appellee.

David W. Bowker , Attorney, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale & Dorr LLP, Washington, DC, for Amici Curiae Paul B. Stephan and David P. Stewart.

Sharon Swingle , Lewis S. Yelin , Attorneys, Department of Justice, Civil Division, Appellate Staff, Washington, DC, for Amicus Curiae United States of America.

Before Easterbrook and Scudder, Circuit Judges.


During World War II the Nazi regime in Germany and nations under its domination killed millions of Jews. Plaintiffs in this suit are descendants of Jews rounded up in France after it signed an armistice with Germany in 1940. According to the complaint, persons being sent to death camps were loaded on trains operated by...

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