Federal Republic of Germany v. Philipp
U.S. Supreme Court · decided February 3, 2021 · Supreme Court Database (Spaeth)
- Decided
- February 3, 2021
- Term
- October Term 2020
- Vote
- 9–0
- Majority author
- Justice Roberts
- Issue area
- Economic Activity
- Disposition
- Vacated and remanded
- Outcome
- Petitioning party won
- Ideological direction
- Conservative
Opinion excerpt
(Slip Opinion) OCTOBER TERM, 2020 1 Syllabus NOTE: Where it is feasible, a syllabus (headnote) will be released, as is being done in connection with this case, at the time the opinion is issued. The syllabus constitutes no part of the opinion of the Court but has been prepared by the Reporter of Decisions for the convenience of the reader. See United States v. Detroit Timber & Lumber Co., 200 U. S. 321 , 337. SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES Syllabus FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY ET AL. v. PHILIPP ET AL. CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CIRCUIT No. 19–351. Argued December 7, 2020—Decided February 3, 2021 Respondents are the heirs of German Jewish art dealers who formed a consortium during the waning years of the Weimar Republic to pur- chase a collection of medieval relics known as the Welfenschatz. The heirs allege that when the Nazi government rose to power, it unlaw- fully coerced the consortium into selling the collection to Prussia for a third of its value. The relics are currently maintained by the Stiftung Preussischer Kulturbesitz (SPK), an instrumentality of the Federal Republic of Germany, and displayed at a Berlin museum. After unsuc- cessfully seeking compensation in Germany, the heirs brought several common law property claims in United States District Court against Germany and SPK (collectively Germany). Germany moved…
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