California Supreme Court
Aug. 17, 2023
State Supreme Court frustrates long battle over looted art
It is unusual for the state Supreme Court to reject certified questions from the 9th Circuit, which address issues of California law. This is only the second time it has happened since October 2019, according to David S. Ettinger, of counsel at Horvitz & Levy LLP.
The long-running battle over whether descendants of a German Jewish art collector who had to give up a French impressionist painting to the Nazis in 1939 continues, as the California Supreme Court — in a rare move — rejected a certified question from a 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel.
It is unusual for the state Supreme Court to reject certified questions from the 9th Circuit that address issues of California law. This is only the ...
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