Haynes & Boone: Supreme Court Asked to Consider Legal Status of Picasso Painting
January 25, 2020
January 25, 2020
DALLAS, Texas, Jan. 25 -- Haynes and Boone, a law firm, issued the following news release:
In a petition for certiorari filed, the U.S. Supreme Court has been asked to consider whether New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art must return a Picasso masterwork, "The Actor," which was previously owned by a Jewish couple forced to sell the painting at a steep discount to fund their escape from Nazi persecution.
The case centers on the federal Holocaust Expropriated A . . .
In a petition for certiorari filed, the U.S. Supreme Court has been asked to consider whether New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art must return a Picasso masterwork, "The Actor," which was previously owned by a Jewish couple forced to sell the painting at a steep discount to fund their escape from Nazi persecution.
The case centers on the federal Holocaust Expropriated A . . .