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American Insurance Association vs. Garamendi

AMERICAN INSURANCE ASSOCIATION ET AL. vs. GARAMENDI, INSURANCE COMMISSIONER, STATE OF CALIFORNIA CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

No. 02-722 | 2003-06-23

AMERICAN INSURANCE ASSOCIATION ET AL. vs. GARAMENDI, INSURANCE COMMISSIONER, STATE OF CALIFORNIA 
 
CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
 
No. 02-722. Argued April 23, 2003-Decided June 23, 2003
 
The Nazi Government of Germany confiscated the value or proceeds of many Jewish life insurance policies issued before and during the Second World War. After the war, even a policy that had escaped confiscation was likely to be dishonored, whether because insurers denied its existence or claimed it had lapsed from unpaid premiums, or because the German Government would not provide heirs...