Nazi-Era Jewish Art Cases Get Mixed Reception from Justices (3)

The U.S. Supreme Court Monday considered a pair of cases addressing whether families of Holocaust victims can sue foreign countries in the U.S. for seizing property from Jewish citizens during World War II.

In one case, heirs of Jewish art dealers are suing to recover a collection of medieval relics known as the Guelph Treasure, which they say the Nazi Germany forced the dealers to sell at 1930s for 35% of its value.

In the other, families of Hungarian Holocaust victims sued the country for seizing property from Jewish citizens before sending them to death camps.

In both, the foreign ...