Calif. Nazi-Looted Art Statute Preempted: 9th Circ.

By Erin Fuchs (August 21, 2009, 6:18 PM EDT) -- A California statute giving artwork owners and their heirs the right to sue to reclaim works stolen by Nazis is preempted by federal law, an appeals court has affirmed while leaving the door open for the daughter-in-law of a dead Jewish art dealer to recover two paintings she alleges were looted during the Holocaust....

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