Legal Opinion
Holocaust Victims of v. Erste Group Bank
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided August 22, 2012No. 11-2940, 11-2946PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HAMILTON, Circuit Judge.
A group of Holocaust survivors and heirs of other Holocaust victims filed suit against several banks alleging the banks participated in expropriating property from Hungarian Jews during the Holocaust. This case and a parallel case against the Hungarian national railway have produced nine separate pending appeals and mandamus petitions. In this opinion, we address the plaintiffs’ claims against defendant Erste Group Bank AG (“Erste”), which is a privately owned Austrian bank. In separate opinions released today, we address plaintiffs’ claims against two other private…
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