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U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit

Oct. 31, 2007

Justices Reject Challenge to Actress's Ownership of Painting

WASHINGTON - The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rejected a challenge by heirs of a German-Jewish art collector who were trying to recover a Vincent van Gogh masterpiece that actress Elizabeth Taylor has owned for 44 years.

By Brent Kendall
Daily Journal Staff Writer

      WASHINGTON - The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rejected a challenge by heirs of a German-Jewish art collector who were trying to recover a Vincent van Gogh masterpiece that actress Elizabeth Taylor has owned for 44 years.
      Though the facts are in dispute, the heirs said that the Adolph Hitler's Nazi regime forced collector Margarete Mauthne...

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