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Case Summary
Vineberg v. Bissonnette (Max Stern Estate)
Vineberg v. Bissonnette, 529 F.Supp.2d 300 (D.R.I. 2007); aff’d, 548 F.3d 50 (1st Cir. 2008).
Précis
This 2008 federal case established the principal that works of art, which Nazi authorities compelled Jewish owners to liquidate through “forced sales” to third-parties, were to be treated as . . .
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