Legal Opinion
Nazi Era Cases v. German Litigation
District Court, D. New Jersey
Decided December 5, 2000No. MDL No. 1337; No. 98-4104 (WGB)PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
BASSLER, District Judge.
The German National Socialist (“Nazi”) era of the 1930’s and 1940’s will forever be remembered for its virtually unparalleled systematic brutality and inhumanity. Complicit in this bureaucratic barbarism, committed at the time by a modern industrialized state, were numerous German companies and businesses who employed slave and forced labor, appropriated private property, and committed other wrongs against individuals. Plaintiffs are former slave and forced laborers, as well as others who suffered at the hands of German companies during the Nazi era, who have…
2Cases cited23 opinions
- American Pipe & Construction Co. v. UtahSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Alexander Kahan, on Behalf of Himself and All Others Similarly Situated v. Lewis RosenstielCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1970
- In Re KOREAN AIR LINES DISASTER OF SEPTEMBER 1, 1983. Appeal of Plaintiffs Steering CommitteeCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1987
- Elsie Simer v. Richard J. Rios, Acting Director of Community Services Administration Community Services AdministrationCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1981
- Iwanowa v. Ford Motor Co.District Court, D. New Jersey · 1999
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3Cited by23 opinions
- In Re Austrian and German Bank Holocaust Litigation.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2003
- Picerni v. Bilingual Seit & Preschool Inc.District Court, E.D. New York · 2013
- In Re Nazi Era Cases Against German Defs. Lit.District Court, D. New Jersey · 2001
- In Re Nazi Era Cases Against German Defs. Lit.District Court, D. New Jersey · 2002
- In Re Nazi Era Cases Against German LitigationDistrict Court, D. New Jersey · 2004
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