· 9/21/1999
Burger-Fischer v. DeGussa Ag
Citations
- 65 F. Supp. 2d 248
- 1999 WL 717260
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- concluding that courts cannot re-examine the adequacy of reparations because doing so implicates a political question in which the court must decline to determine
- concluding that courts cannot re-examine the adequacy of reparation agreements between the United States and other World War II combatants because doing so implicates a political question in which the court must decline to determine
- concluding that courts cannot re-examine the adequacy of reparation agreements between the United States and other World War II combatants because doing so implicates a political question in which the court must decline to intervene
- subsuming discussion pertaining to the conversion of gold stolen from forced laborers with discussion pertaining to reparations for the actual labor
- stating “[b]y what conceivable standard could a single court arrive at a fair allocation of resources among all the deserving groups? By what practical means could a single court acquire the information needed to fashion such a standard?”
- For a court to structure a reparations scheme would express ultimate lack of respect for executive
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Judges: Debevoise
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