Legal Opinion
Jacob Sampson v. Federal Republic of Germany and Claims Conference, Article 2 Fund
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided May 23, 2001No. 97-3555PublishedCited by 43 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MANION, Circuit Judge.
Jacob Sampson, pro se, sued Germany for his imprisonment in Nazi concentration camps, and sued Germany and the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany, Inc. (“Claims Conference”) for reparations from funds created for Holocaust survivors. The district court dismissed the complaint concluding that Germany was immune from suit and that Sampson lacked standing to sue the Claims Conference. Sampson appeals. We affirm.
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Sampson’s complaint alleges horrors which are beyond belief, and the evils he describes cannot be condemned in strong enough terms. 1 In 1939,…
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