Cheng Yih-Chun v. The Federal Reserve Bank of New York and the Secretary of the Treasury of the United States

FRIENDLY, Circuit Judge:

Plaintiff Cheng Yih-Chun appeals from an order of the District Court for the Southern District of New York, which granted defendants’ motion for summary judgment in an action arising under the Foreign Assets Control Regulations, 31 C.F.R. Part 500. The somewhat complicated factual setting is as follows:

In 1949, Cheng’s father died in Shanghai, China. His assets included some $62,000 on deposit with the Irving Trust Company in New York. He was survived by a wife and four children living in Shanghai (the “Shanghai heirs”) and a fifth child, Cheng, residing in Hong Kong.…