The decision has appalled the family, and those in the Jewish community. Spain's leading Jewish organization has long supported the family's legal fight to wrest the painting from the Spanish museum that holds it. AdvertisementThe museum, for its part, welcomed the US court's decision, while declining to comment on the views of the Jewish community in Spain. Californian law doesn't give owners rights over stolen goods. But in Spain, if you buy stolen goods in good faith, you have stronger claims.

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