Maria v. Altmann, an Individual v. Republic of Austria, a Foreign State and the Austrian Gallery, an Agency of the Republic of Austria

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• holding that significant costs of litigating case in a forum with filing fee was a factor in balancing
• concluding that Austria’s 1.2% court fee was not oppressive in the context of the plaintiff’s resources
• noting that Section 1391(f)’s venue provisions are “alternative venue provisions” for suits against foreign states
• assuming the facts as alleged were true, the Klimt paintings were \wrongfully and discriminatorily appropriated in violation of international law\
• \Determining whether the FSIA may properly be applied thus turns on the question whether Austria could legitimately expect to receive immunity from the executive branch of the United States\
• “Determining whether the FSIA may properly be applied thus turns on the question whether Austria could legitimately expect to receive immunity from the executive branch of the United States”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).