CONSTITUTIONAL LAW, INTERNATIONAL LAW

REPUBLIC OF AUSTRIA v. ALTMAN, No. 03-13 (U.S.S.C.
June 07, 2004)
The Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act applies
retroactively to actions of foreign states that
occurred before the FSIA's 1976 enactment. The
expropriation exception to the act would allow a
private party to recover paintings from Austria, which
were seized by Nazis in 1948.

To read the full text of this opinion, go to:
http://laws.lp.findlaw.com/us/000/0313.html


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