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Apr. 22, 2022
State law takes precedence in Nazi art loot case
The painting was bought and sold several times since its theft, and ended up in the hands of Swiss billionaire Baron Hans Heinrich Thyssen-Bornemisza, who sold it as part of a collection to the Kingdom of Spain in 1993. The oil on canvas now hangs at the Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum in Madrid.
Local law takes precedence in Foreign Sovereign Immunity Act lawsuits when dealing with art theft and expropriation, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Thursday in a case seeking the return of a painting stolen by Nazis to the descendants of its owners.
Justice Elena Kagan wrote the unanimous decision overturning the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals and establishing that the case will be decided on the property laws of California instead of ...
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