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Case Summary
United States v. One Tenth-Century Marble Wall Panel Sculpture
United States v. A Tenth Century Marble Wall Panel Sculpture, No. 00-cv-2356 (AKH) (S.D.N.Y. Mar. 8, 2001).
Précis
In 1999, a painted marble relief removed from an officially documented tomb site in the People’s Republic of China appeared in an auction catalogue of Christie’s, New York. After an investigation by the U.S. Attorney’s Office and the U.S. Customs Service, the government filed a
forfeiture
Loss of property under compulsion of legal authority.
forfeiture proceeding against Christie’s in 2000 . . . .
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