Legal Opinion
Sampson v. Federal Republic of Germany
District Court, N.D. Illinois
Decided September 10, 1997No. 96 C 6242PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
ANN CLAIRE WILLIAMS, District Judge.
Pro se Plaintiff Jacob Sampson seeks a declaratory judgment that a question of actual controversy exists between him and Defendants Federal Republic of Germany and The Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany, Inc. Both defendants have moved the court to dismiss the amended complaint under Rule 12(b) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure or, in the alternative, for summary judgment under Rule 56 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. 1 The court abhors the inhuman treatment that the Nazi regime perpetrated on Mr.…
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