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Supreme Court says U.S. courts should hear California man’s attempt to reclaim Pissarro painting stolen by Nazis

A unanimous U.S. Supreme Court ruling Thursday could enable a California man to reclaim a valuable Impressionist painting that was stolen by the Nazis from the man’s great-grandmother in 1939 and acquired by a Spanish government museum 54 years later.The 1897 painting by Camille Pissarro, “Rue St. Read more » »