A U.S. appeals court upheld a ruling that allows part of the money from a Holocaust settlement to be distributed based on need. The ruling issued last Friday confirmed Judge Edward Korman’s ruling that the portion of the $1.25 billion Swiss banks settlement set aside for individual survivors should be weighted to survivors living in the former Soviet Union because they are needier.
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