Legal Opinion
Von Saher v. Norton Simon Museum of Art at Pasadena
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided July 30, 2018No. 16-56308PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Concurrence by Judge Wardlaw
McKEOWN, Circuit Judge:
*1143Hanging in the balance are Renaissance masterpieces that have been on display in California for nearly half a century. The dispute over their ownership, however, dates back to World War II, when the Nazis invaded the Netherlands.
Marei von Saher ("von Saher") seeks to recover two oil paintings that were among a group of artworks taken by Nazis in a forced sale from her father-in-law. Following the war, the Allied Forces returned the paintings to the Dutch government, which established a claims process for recouping Nazi-looted property. Von…
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