United States Ninth Circuit

In an action brought by descendants of a Jewish art collector claiming that she was wrongfully dispossessed of a van Gogh painting during Hitler's Nazi regime, entitling them to ownership of the painting, which was later purchased by actress Elizabeth Taylor, dismissal of the complaint is affirmed as: 1) the Holocaust Victims Redress Act does not create a private right of action; and 2) plaintiffs' state law claims were barred by the statute of limitations.

Appellate Information

• Argued 02/12/2007
• Decided 05/18/2007
• Published 05/18/2007

Judges

• THOMAS, Circuit Judge., Before:  WILLIAM C. CANBY, JR. and SIDNEY R. THOMAS, Circuit Judges, and SUZANNE B. CONLON, District Judge.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Thomas J. Hamilton, Byrne Goldberg & Hamilton, PLLC, Washington, DC, for the appellants.


• For Appellees:
  
• Steven Alan Reiss, Weil, Gotshal & Manges, LLP, New York, NY, for the appellee.