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Civil Litigation,
International Law

Dec. 5, 2018

Judge rushes one-day trial of 13-year-old painting dispute

A 13-year-old dispute over a $40 million Camille Pissarro painting held by a Spanish museum and claimed by descendants of Holocaust victims, was squeezed into a one-day bench trial in federal court Tuesday.

Judge rushes one-day trial of 13-year-old painting dispute
Camille Pissarro's "Rue St. Honore Apres Midi Effet de Pluie," shown in the parlor of the plaintiff's great-grandmother, is at the center of a federal court trial over alleged Nazi-stolen art.

LOS ANGELES -- A 13-year-old dispute over a $40 million Camille Pissarro painting held by a Spanish museum and claimed by descendants of Holocaust victims, was squeezed into a one-day bench trial in federal court Tuesday.

Although U.S. District Judge John F. Walter will not rule on the matter until after Feb. 10 following the filing of closing argument and other post-trial briefs, he said he thought the case was likely to head back t...

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