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Choice-of-Law Fine Art Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act of 1976 (FSIA)

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Thyssen-Bornemisza wins Pissarro painting sold under Nazi duress by Lilly Cassirer

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The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit ruled on January 9, 2024 that the Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection Foundation in Madrid is the owner of Rue Saint–Honoré, après-midi, effect de pluie (1892) by Camille Pissarro, a...more

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Cassirer Argument: Ownership of Nazi-looted art to be determined by choice-of-law

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A painting by Camille Pissarro hangs in a Spanish museum that the Nazis stole from a Jewish family in 1939. For fifteen years the parties have litigated who the rightful owner is: the museum or the family. The case may well...more

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