Legal Opinion

Gross v. German Foundation Industrial Initiative

Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit

Decided December 10, 2008No. 07-3726, 07-3727PublishedCited by 24 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION OF THE COURT

MICHEL, Chief Circuit Judge.

At issue in this World War II reparations case is whether the Joint Statement of the Berlin Accords constitutes a privately enforceable contract between some of the participants to the Joint Statement. Appellants contend that the defendant German companies owe “interest” on'their payments to a reparations fund created by the Berlin Accords. In a prior appeal to our court, we held that the claim presented a justiciable issue not foreclosed by the political question doctrine. Having again considered the allegations of the complaints, we hold that…

2Cases cited36 opinions

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