Nazi Stolen Pissarro Work at Core of New SCOTUS Procedure Case

The U.S. Supreme Court agreed to sort out a procedural issue that will dictate whether the heirs of a Holocaust survivor can regain a painting by French impressionist Camille Pissarro that was stolen by the Nazis in 1939.

The federal courts of appeal are split over whether state or federal law governs claims brought under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act, which waives sovereign immunity for foreign entities in certain cases.

Here, the 1897 painting—Rue Saint-Honoré, Afternoon, Rain Effect—is currently on display in the Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum, a Spanish state museum in Madrid.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the ...