De Csepel v. Republic of Hungary

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA DAVID L. de CSEPEL et al., Plaintiffs, v. Civil Action No. 10-1261 (JDB) REPUBLIC OF HUNGARY et al., Defendants. MEMORANDUM OPINION Before the Court is defendants’ motion to dismiss or, in the alternative, for summary judgment on plaintiffs’ claims relating to a single work of art: the Sculptor of Sixteenth Century, Circle of Ludwig Jupan von Marburg, Saint Barbara, limewood, 129 x. 53 x. 30 cm (“Santa Barbara sculpture”). For the reasons that follow, the Court will grant defendants’ motion and dismiss plaintiffs’ Santa Barbara claims.…