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REPUBLIC OF TURKEY v. OKS PARTNERS

Civ. A. No. 89-3061-S.

797 F.Supp. 64 (1992)

The REPUBLIC OF TURKEY, Plaintiff, v. OKS PARTNERS, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Massachusetts.

July 20, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David S. Weiss, Goulston & Storrs, Boston, Mass., for plaintiff.

James Lee Bryant, D. Lloyd Macdonald, Kirkpatrick & Lockhart, Joseph F. Ryan, Lyne, Woodworth & Evarts, Paul J. O'Connell, Ropes & Gray, Jeffrey Scott Robbins, R. Robert Popeo, Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky & Popeo, Boston, Mass., for defendants.

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER ON DEFENDANTS' MOTIONS TO DISMISS

SKINNER, District Judge.

This case arises out of a dispute over the ownership of nearly two thousand ancient Greek and Lycian silver coins. The Republic of Turkey alleges that the coins were unearthed in Turkey in 1984, and that under Turkish law all such artifacts within Turkey's borders are the property of Turkey even before they are discovered. The complaint alleges that the coins were illegally removed...

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