Legal Opinion
Federal Republic of Germany v. Elicofon
District Court, E.D. New York
Decided September 25, 1972No. 69-C-93, 69-C-370PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OF DECISION AND ORDER
MISHLER, Chief Judge.
On January 27, 1969, the Federal Republic of Germany began action number 69-C-93 against Edward I. Elicofon for the return of two paintings believed to be in defendant’s possession. The paint ings, portraits of Hans and Felicitas Teicher, were allegedly painted by the celebrated German artist Albrecht Duerer in or about 1499. The complaint asserts that the paintings became part of an art collection in Weimar in 1824 and were placed in a museum which since 1921 has been called “Staatliehe Kunstsammlungen”; that during the occupation of…
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