Legal Opinion
Alan Philipp v. Federal Republic of Germany
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided July 10, 2018No. 17-7064; C/w 17-7117PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge Tatel.
In this case, the heirs of several Jewish art dealers doing business in Frankfurt, Germany in the 1930s seek to recover a valuable art collection allegedly taken by the Nazis. Defendants, the Federal Republic of Germany and the agency that administers the museum where the art is now exhibited, moved to dismiss, claiming immunity from suit under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act. They also argued that the heirs failed to exhaust their remedies in German courts and that their state-law causes of action are preempted by United States foreign…
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