9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Feb. 15, 2018
9th Circuit mulls long-running spat over ownership of 16th century painting
Attorneys for the two parties, a relative of a 20th century Dutch Jewish art dealer and a museum in Pasadena, sparred over which decisions made by the government of Netherlands to consider under the act of state doctrine.
PASADENA -- For the third time in nine years, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals considered a long-running, complicated, foreign law dispute over twice-stolen, 16th century masterpiece paintings, which are now housed in a museum a mere quarter of a mile from the circuit's Southern California courthouse.
An attorney for Marei von Saher -- the daughter-in-law of a Dutch art dealer whose firm was forced to sell under duress numerous...
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