The great-grandchildren of a woman whose painting by French impressionist Camille Pissarro was allegedly looted as she fled Nazi Germany have filed an appeal from a trial court ruling striking down the California statute under which their claims were based.
U.S. District Judge Gary Feess in Los Angeles ruled on May 24 that the statute, which was amended last year to extend the statute of limitations for individuals who wanted to sue over artwork allegedly stolen during World War II, was pre-empted by U.S. foreign policy. He cited a precedent by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit striking down the original statute for the same reason.
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