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Judge John Burns Farley made no ruling in a recent hearing of the lawsuit to restore the alumni petition process to the Yale Corporation.

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Heirs of the dealers who sold the collection of medieval artefacts to the Prussian government claim their case can be heard in US court because the dealers were not German citizens at the time of the sale

Law The Jewish Heirs of the $250 Million Guelph Treasure Have Appealed a U.S. Courts Dismissal of Their Restitution Suit The long-running... | April 19, 2023

The heirs of the Jewish collectors who sold the Guelph Treasure to the Prussian state in 1935 have appealed again to a U.S. court.

This cupola reliquary is part of the Guelph Treasure, displayed at the Kunstgewerbemuseum (Museum of Applied Arts) in Berlin Photo: AFP Photo/Tobias Schwarz In a unanimous opinion that could make it harder for the heirs of Jewish victims to reclaim art through the US justice system, the Supreme Court has sided with Germany in the high-profile Guelph Treasure claim, rejecting the argument that the country can be sued in the US for taking art from its own citizens as part...

Summary: Supreme Court Oral Argument in Federal Republic of Germany v. Philipp Readers interested in learning about another Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act case currently before the Supreme Court, Hungary v. Simon, can read Jeremy Gordons summary of oral argument in that case here. Does the “expropriation exception” of the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act (FSIA) afford U.S. courts jurisdiction to resolve claims brought by German citizens against the German government? The extent of the pro...