Nazi-Looted Art and the Law by Bruce L. Hay

Author:Bruce L. Hay
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Springer International Publishing, Cham

6.5 Title to the Artwork

The case then proceeded to pretrial discovery, at the end of which the Norton Simon Museum moved for summary judgment , arguing that it held valid title to the artwork. The district court granted the motion in 2016, ruling that under Dutch law, the Netherlands had acquired valid title to the work and had passed it on to the museum.

6.5.1 Choice of Law

Because the parties did not dispute the question of which nation’s law controlled, the district court held, without discussion, “under California’s conflict of law rules, that Dutch law governs whether the Dutch government acquired ownership of the Cranachs while the Cranachs were in the Netherlands.”98

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