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David Cassirer, et al., Petitioners v. Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection Foundation

  1. May 23, 2023

    Split 9th Circ. Kicks Nazi-Theft Art Case To Calif. High Court

    A split Ninth Circuit on Monday asked California justices to clarify whether Spanish or Golden State law applies in a Supreme Court-revived, decades-old fight between Holocaust survivors and a Spanish museum over a $30 million impressionist painting stolen by Nazis, with a dissenting judge criticizing the delay as "needless."

  2. April 21, 2022

    High Court Revives Nazi-Plundered Art Case

    The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday revived a California man's lawsuit asking a Spanish museum to return a painting that the Nazis stole from his great-grandmother, ruling that the Ninth Circuit wrongly concluded the museum was the rightful owner.

  3. January 18, 2022

    Justices Unsure If Nazi-Plundered Art Case Should Be Revived

    Technical issues relating to a choice-of-law analysis dominated arguments on Tuesday at the U.S. Supreme Court, as a California man tries to revive his lawsuit asking a Spanish museum to return a painting that the Nazis stole from his great-grandmother.

  4. January 14, 2022

    Up Next At High Court: Stolen Pissarro, Campaign Finance

    The U.S. Supreme Court will cover the gamut in the coming week's oral arguments, from Ted Cruz's challenge of restrictions on candidate lending to a free speech showdown over Boston's city hall flag poles. Plus, the justices will enter the world of Nazi art theft in the case of a stolen Pissarro featuring the return of high-powered lawyer David Boies to First Street.

  5. September 30, 2021

    Justices To Review Museum Win In Nazi-Plundered Art Fight

    The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday agreed to review a Ninth Circuit decision that affirmed a lower court's judgment that a Spanish museum did not break that country's laws by acquiring a Camille Pissarro painting stolen by the Nazis.