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CASSIRER v. THYSSEN-BORNEMISZA COLLECTION FOUND.

No. 19-55616.

89 F.4th 1226 (2024)

David CASSIRER; The Estate of Ava Cassirer; United Jewish Federation of San Diego County, a California non-profit corporation, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. THYSSEN-BORNEMISZA COLLECTION FOUNDATION, an Agency or instrumentality of the Kingdom of Spain, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed January 9, 2024.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David Boies (argued), Boies Schiller Flexner LLP, Armonk, New York; David A. Barrett , Boies Schiller Flexner LLP, New York, New York; Stephen N. Zack , Andrew S. Brenner , and Rossana Baeza , Bois Schiller Flexner LLP, Miami, Florida; Laura W. Brill and Nicholas Daum , Kendall Brill & Kelly LLP, Los Angeles, California; Samuel J. Dubbin , Dubbin & Kravetz LLP, Coral Gables, Florida; Devin Freedman , Freedman Normand Friedland, Miami, Florida; for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Thaddeus J. Stauber (argued), Sarah E. André , Aaron M. Brian , and Irene Scholl-Tatevosyan , Nixon Peabody LLP, Los Angeles, California, for Defendant-Appellee.

Patrick Byrne and Bernardo M. Cremades Roman, B. Cremades & Asociados, Madrid, Spain, for Amici Curiae Comunidad Judía de Madrid & Federación de Comunidades Judías de España.

Amelia L.B. Sargent, Willenken LLP, Los Angeles, California, for Amici Curiae Kingdom of Spain.

Benjamin Conway and Catherine Z. Ysrael, Deputy Attorneys General; Srividya Panchalam, Supervising Deputy Attorney General; Michael L. Newman, Senior Assistant Attorney General; Rob Bonta, Attorney General of California; Office of the California Attorney General, Los Angeles, California; for Amici Curiae State of California.

Benjamin G. Shatz, Manatt Phelps & Phillips LLP, Los Angeles, California, for Amici Curiae 1939 Society, Bet Tzedek, Center for the Study of Law & Genocide, and Loyola Genocide Justice Clinic.

Concurrence by Judge Callahan.

OPINION

This case is before us after the United States Supreme Court vacated our prior decision. The Court remanded with instructions that we apply California's choice-of-law rules, rather than federal choice-of-law rules, to determine whether California law or Spanish law governs a disputed claim of title to a painting...

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