Legal Opinion
Dunbar v. Seger-Thomschitz
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided August 20, 2010No. 09-30717PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EDITH H. JONES, Chief Judge:
A painting by Oskar Kokoschka entitled Portrait of Youth (Hans Reichel) (1910) (“the painting”) is currently in the physical possession of the Appellee, Sarah Dunbar, in New Orleans, Louisiana. Appellant, Dr. Claudia Seger-Thomschitz, claims title to the painting, asserting that it was “confiscated” by the Nazis from her deceased husband’s family. Dunbar sued to quiet title to the painting based on her ownership by acquisitive prescription under Louisiana law and the fact that Seger-Thomschitz’s claims were barred by Louisiana’s prescriptive laws. The district…
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