Legal Opinion
Philipp v. Federal Republic of Germany
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided May 18, 2017No. Civil Action No. 2015-0266PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
COLLEEN KOLLAR-KOTELLY, United States District Judge
Plaintiffs, who are the legal successors of the estates of three art dealer firms in Frankfurt, Germany, filed suit against Defendants the Federal Republic of Germany (“Germany”) and Stiftung Preussischer Kulturbesitz (“SPK”), an instrumentality of Germany, alleging that the SPK is in wrongful possession of a collection of medieval relics, known as the “Welfenschatz,” because the 1935 sale of same was coerced as part of the Nazi persecution of the Jewish sellers. 1 Defendants moved to dismiss each of Plaintiffs’ ten claims.
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3Cited by14 opinions
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