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Case Summary
Meyer v. University of Oklahoma
Meyer v. University of Oklahoma, No. 13-cv-3128, slip op. (S.D.N.Y. May 14, 2014); remanded, sub nom. No. 14-2044, slip op. (2d Cir. March 12, 2015); transferred by No. 13-cv-3128, slip op. (S.D.N.Y. Apr. 7, 2015); No. 15-cv-00403 (W.D. Okla. Jan. 4, 2021); No. 15-cv-00403 (W.D. Okla. Feb. 24, 2021).
Précis
This NY federal case by Léone Meyer, the daughter of a wealthy Parisian art collector, for the return of a Pissarro painting looted from her family by the Nazis and later donated to the University of Oklahoma, raised issues about the precedential value of decades-old foreign court rulings and the potential liability of professional museum associations if member institutions fail to follow association guidelines for addressing World War II era looted art. The case, settled in 2015, is back in court in Oklahoma based on a complaint filed by Meyer with the District Court of Paris ...
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