Legal Opinion
In re the Accounting of Flamenbaum
New York Surrogate's Court
Decided March 30, 2010PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
John B. Riordan, J.
An ancient gold tablet, discovered during archaeological excavations in 1913 in the Ottoman Empire, disappeared from a Berlin museum in the immediate aftermath of World War II and reappeared almost 60 years later in the safe deposit box of a Holocaust survivor in Great Neck, New York. Before the court today is a claim filed on behalf of the Vorderasiatisches Museum of the Federal Republic of Germany against the estate of Riven Flamenbaum for the return of that gold tablet. For the reasons set forth below, the claim is denied.
Historical Background
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2Cases cited6 opinions
- Guggenheim Foundation v. LubellNew York Court of Appeals · 1991
- Menzel v. ListNew York Court of Appeals · 1969
- In Re the Accounting of SchorerNew York Court of Appeals · 1936
- Menzel v. ListNew York Supreme Court · 1966
- Batsidis v. BatsidisAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2004
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