Legal Opinion
Marei Von Saher v. Norton Simon Museum of Art At
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided June 6, 2014No. 12-55733PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
D.W. NELSON, Senior Circuit Judge:
This case concerns the fate of two life-size panels painted by Lucas Cranach the Elder in the sixteenth century. Adam and Eve (collectively, “the Cranachs” or “the panels”) hang today in Pasadena’s Norton Simon Museum of Art (“the Museum”). Marei Von Saher claims she is the rightful owner of the panels, which the Nazis forcibly purchased from her deceased husband’s family during World War II. The district court dismissed Von Saher’s complaint as insufficient to state a claim upon which relief can be granted, and that dismissal is before us on appeal.…
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