David Cassirer v. Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

DAVID CASSIRER; THE ESTATE No. 19-55616

OF AVA CASSIRER; UNITED

JEWISH FEDERATION OF SAN D.C. No. DIEGO COUNTY, a California non- 2:05-cv-03459- profit corporation, JFW-E Plaintiffs-Appellants,

ORDER

v. CERTIFYING

QUESTION TO

THYSSEN-BORNEMISZA THE CALIFORNIA

COLLECTION FOUNDATION, SUPREME

Defendant-Appellee. COURT

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California John F. Walter, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted December 12, 2022 Pasadena, California

Filed May 22, 2023

Before: Consuelo M. Callahan, Carlos T. Bea, and Sandra S. Ikuta, Circuit Judges.

Order; Dissent by Judge Bea SUMMARY*

Certification of Question to State Supreme Court

In an action brought by the Cassirer family under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act, seeking the return of a Pissarro painting stolen by the Nazis and now in the possession of Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection Foundation…