The collection of ornate medieval reliquaries is now held by Berlin’s state museums; the American heirs of German Jewish art dealers, claiming that the objects were sold to the state under duress in 1935, sued in U.S. federal courts to recover them under “the international law of genocide.” The SCOTUS ruling declares, “We do not look to the law of genocide to determine if we have jurisdiction over the heirs’ common law property claims. We look to the law of property” — which says this is a matter for Germany to decide. – ARTnews
