A U.S. appeals court plans to hear arguments on May 15 to determine if a judge erred by refusing to dismiss Holocaust-related lawsuits against German companies. German firms as well as lawyers for Holocaust survivors complain that Judge Shirley Kram’s ruling has prevented Germany from making payments from a $5.2 billion fund for Holocaust-era slave laborers.
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