Supreme Court revives family’s claim to recover Pissarro painting stolen by Nazis

The Supreme Court revived a family’s claim to recover a stolen painting from the Nazis, overturning the 9th Circuit’s ruling and citing a new California law protecting rightful heirs of Holocaust-era art. The painting, “Rue Saint-Honoré in the Afternoon. Effect of Rain,” was lawfully obtained by a Spanish museum, but the moral claim for its return prevailed. The Cassirer family, led by David Cassirer, continues their legal battle to regain ownership of the painting under the revised California law.

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