Legal Opinion
Hoffmann v. United States
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided May 30, 2003No. CIV.A. 98-0857(HHK)PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
KENNEDY, District Judge.
Plaintiffs, German citizens, filed this action against the United States and the Attorney General of the United States in 1989, seeking to recover photographic archives and paintings formerly belonging to Heinrich Hoffmann, Sr. After fourteen years of litigation, only plaintiffs’ claim for an implied-in-fact contract of bailment with respect to the non-vested portion of the photographic archive remains.
Before this court are: (1) plaintiffs’ motion for leave to file an amended consolidated complaint [# 36]; (2) plaintiffs’ motion to transfer…
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