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AUSTRIA, ET AL. v. ALTMANN, MARIA V. (39817)

    Order dated: 09/30/03
    Docket number: 03-13
    Action:
        The petitions for writs of certiorari are granted limited to Question 1 presented by the petitions.

AUSTRIA, ET AL. v. ALTMANN, MARIA V. (39817)

    Order dated: 01/12/04
    Docket number: 03-13
    Action:
        The motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument is granted.

A description of the questions presented by the case has been prepared:

Does the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act (FSIA) confer jurisdiction in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California over the Republic of Austria and the state-owned Austrian Gallery in a suit alleging wrongful appropriation of six Gustav Klimt paintings from their rightful heirs?

An opinion has been handed down: