Holocaust Stolen Goods Leave Justices Struggling Over US Role

The US Supreme Court once again struggled with the role that US courts should play in returning property stolen by foreign countries during World War II to its original owners.

In several cases brought by Holocaust survivors against foreign nations, the justices have wrestled with how to balance the international friction that can result from hauling sovereign nations into US courts and fulfilling Congress’s intent to allow suits in some cases.

That struggle is exemplified in the case heard by the justices on Tuesday, which was originally filed in 2010 and has already made its way up to the Supreme ...