United States Ninth Circuit

G and G Productions LLC v. Rusic, 16-56107

Reinstated a lawsuit alleging that a woman stole an oil painting worth millions of dollars from her former husband, an Italian film producer. The woman, an Italian citizen, argued that the claims against her were time-barred under California's borrowing statute, because the applicable 10-year Italian statute of limitations would bar those claims in an Italian court; the district court agreed with her. Vacating in part, the Ninth Circuit remanded for further proceedings on the replevin and unjust enrichment claims and on the request for declaratory relief.

Appellate Information

• Argued
• Submitted
• Decided
• Published 2018/08/29

Judges

• McKeown

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

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