A quest to reclaim a Pissarro masterpiece hinges on the Erie doctrine

A quest to reclaim a Pissarro masterpiece hinges on the <em>Erie</em> doctrine

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At the beginning of World War II, the heir of a prominent German Jewish art collector was forced to surrender her family’s Camille Pissarro painting to the Nazis. Her heirs have been litigating for more than 15 years over rights to the painting, an Impressionist masterpiece once thought to be lost. Whether they will succeed depends on how the Supreme Court decides a very technical question: Must a federal court hearing state law claims brought under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities … Read the rest