Law The Jewish Heirs of the $250 Million Guelph Treasure Have Appealed a U.S. Court s Dismissal of Their Restitution Suit The long-running. | April 19, 2023
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In this Jan. 9, 2014, file photo, the medieval Dome Reliquary (13th century) of the Welfenschatz, or Guelph Treasure, is displayed at the Bode Museum in Berlin. (AP/Markus Schreiber)
The US Supreme Court’s ruling Wednesday in a multimillion-dollar dispute over a collection of religious artworks will make it harder for some lawsuits to be tried in US courts over claims that property was taken from Jews during the Nazi era.
The justices sided with Germany in a dispute involving the heirs of Jewish art dealers and the 1935 sale of a collection of medieval Christian artwork called the Guelph Treasure. The collection, called the Welfenschatz in German, is said to now be worth at least $250 million.