Legal Opinion
Willy Dreyfus v. August Von Finck and Merck, Finck & Co.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided April 6, 1976No. 194, Docket 75-7135PublishedCited by 86 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
VAN GRAAFEILAND, Circuit Judge:
The judgment appealed from dismissed the complaint of a Swiss citizen and resident seeking recovery from West German citizens and residents for allegedly wrongful confiscation of property in Nazi Germany in 1938. The action was commenced in the Southern District of New York in 1973 by attaching certain of defendants’ assets in New York City.
Plaintiff, a Jew and former resident of Germany, was forced to emigrate from that country to Switzerland and sold defendants his interest in the banking firm of J. Dreyfus & Co., allegedly under duress and at a price which…
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