Legal Opinion
Maria v. Altmann, an Individual v. Republic of Austria, a Foreign State and the Austrian Gallery, an Agency of the Republic of Austria
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided December 12, 2002No. 01-56003, 01-56398PublishedCited by 77 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WARDLAW, Circuit Judge.
At issue is whether the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act, 28 U.S.C. §§ 1602-1611, confers jurisdiction in the United States District Court for the Central District of California over the Republic of Austria and the state-owned Austrian Gallery in a suit alleging wrongful appropriation of six Gustav Klimt paintings from their rightful heirs. Maria Altmann, a United States citizen, seeks the recovery of the paintings from the Republic of Austria, which now houses them in the Austrian Gallery. She alleges that (i) the Nazis took the paintings from her Jewish uncle to…
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