United States Ninth Circuit

The Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act confers jurisdiction in a California district court over the Republic of Austria and the state-owned Austria Gallery, in a suit alleging that paintings were taken in violation of international law prior to and during World War II.

Appellate Information

• Argued 03/07/2002
• Decided 12/12/2002
• Published 12/12/2002

Judges

• WARDLAW, Circuit Judge., Before: WARDLAW, W. FLETCHER, Circuit Judges and WHYTE, District Judge.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Scott P. Cooper,Jonathan E. Rich, Tanya L. Forsheit, Proskauer Rose LLP, Los Angeles, CA, for the appellants., David A. Lash, Bet Tzedek Legal Services, Los Angeles, CA;  Margot A. Metzner, Janie F. Schulman, Sheila Recio, Michael J. Bostrom, Morrison & Foerster LLP, Los Angeles, CA, for the amicus.


• For Appellees:
  
• E. Randol Schoenberg, Los Angeles, CA, for the appellee.