People v. Lombard

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• holding that “Estate failed to demonstrate the essential element of laches, namely prejudice” given “evidence that at least one family member (decedent’s son) was aware that the tablet belonged to the Museum.” (internal quotation marks and citation omitted)
• \We decline to adopt any doctrine that would establish good title based upon the looting and removal of cultural objects during wartime by a conquering military force.\
• “[A]lthough the decedent’s testimony may have shed light on how he came into possession of the tablet, we can perceive of no scenario whereby the decedent could have shown that he held title to this antiquity.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).