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REPUBLIC OF TURKEY v. METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART

No. 87 Civ. 3750 (VLB).

762 F.Supp. 44 (1990)

The REPUBLIC OF TURKEY, Plaintiff, v. The METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART, Defendant.

United States District Court, S.D. New York.

July 16, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lawrence M. Kaye, Herrick & Feinstein, New York City, for plaintiff.

John J. Loflin, Lord Day & Lord, and Barrett Smith, New York City, for defendant.

ORDER

VINCENT L. BRODERICK, District Judge.

In this action the Republic of Turkey seeks to recover artifacts in the possession of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Plaintiff asserts that the artifacts were excavated from burial mounds in the Ushak region of Turkey in 1966 and exported to the United States in contravention of Turkish law. The Republic further claims that under Turkish law it owns all artifacts found in Turkey. Defendant has moved for summary...

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