Der Fall darf sofort an das sogenannte zweithöchste Gericht der USA, das Bundesberufungsgericht im District of Columbia, gehen. Er betrifft behauptete Enteignungen durch das Nazi-Reich, für die die Bundesrepublik trotz Entschädigungsleistungen und der Einrichtung eigener Verwaltungsverfahren auch vor dem US-Gericht haften soll. Das Gericht differenzierte am 31. März 2017 so:
[T]he Court GRANTS Defendants' request that the Court dismiss five non-property based claims because Defendants are entitled to sovereign immunity on the following claims: fraud in the inducement …; breach of fiduciary duty …; breach of the covenant of good faith and fair dealing …; civil conspiracy …; and tortious interference …. The Court DENIES Defendants' request for dismissal on the remaining five claims: declaratory relief …; replevin …; conversion …; unjust enrichment …; and bailment …. Specifically, the Court finds that Plaintiffs have sufficiently pled these five claims under the expropriation exception to the FSIA pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1605(a)(3). The Court further finds that these five claims are not preempted or non-justiciable, nor should they be dismissed under the doctrine of forum non conveniens. AaO 42.