CASSIRER v. THYSSEN-BORNEMISZA

Opinion

FILED FOR PUBLICATION DEC 30 2009

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

CLAUDE CASSIRER, No. 06-56325

Plaintiff - Appellee, D.C. No. CV-05-03459-GAF

v. ORDER KINGDOM OF SPAIN, a foreign state,

Defendant,

and

THYSSEN-BORNEMISZA COLLECTION FOUNDATION, an agency or instrumentality of the Kingdom of Spain,

Defendant - Appellant. Page 2

CLAUDE CASSIRER, No. 06-56406

v.

KINGDOM OF SPAIN, a foreign state,

Defendant - Appellant,

THYSSEN-BORNEMISZA COLLECTION FOUNDATION, an agency or instrumentality of the Kingdom of Spain,

Defendant.

KOZINSKI, Chief Judge:

Upon the vote of a majority of nonrecused active judges, it is ordered that

this case be reheard en banc pursuant to Circuit Rule 35-3. The three-judge panel

opinion shall not be cited as precedent by or to any court of the Ninth Circuit.