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REPUBLIC OF TURKEY v. CHRISTIE'S INC.

Docket No. 21-2485 August Term, 2022.

62 F.4th 64 (2023)

REPUBLIC OF TURKEY, Plaintiff-Counter-Defendant-Appellant, v. CHRISTIE'S INC., Michael Steinhardt, Defendants-Counter-Claimants-Appellees, John Does 1-5, Defendants, Anatolian Marble Female Idol of Kiliya Type, Defendant-in-Rem.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided: March 8, 2023.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

LAWRENCE M. KAYE ( Victor J. Rocco , Howard N. Spiegler , Yaél M. Weitz , on the brief), Herrick, Feinstein LLP, New York, NY, for Plaintiff-Counter-Defendant-Appellant.

L. EDEN BURGESS ( Thomas R. Kline , on the brief), Cultural Heritage Partners, PLLC, New York, NY and Washington, DC, for Defendants-Counter-Claimants-Appellees.

Judge Lohier concurs in part and in the result, and files a separate concurring opinion.

This appeal arises out of an ownership dispute over the "Stargazer," a six-thousand-year-old marble figurine. Pursuant to its patrimony laws, the Republic of Turkey claims title to the Stargazer, alleging the idol was unlawfully excavated and smuggled out of its borders. Turkey brought claims of conversion and replevin against...

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