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Cernuda v. Heavy

Cernuda v. Heavy, 720 F.Supp. 1544 (S.D. Fla. 1989).

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The United States government was ordered to return close to 200 paintings of Cuban origin that it had seized from a director of the Cuban Museum in Miami for alleged violations of the Trading with the Enemy Act, as the artworks were protected by the First Amendment.

Associated Legal Decision(s)

Cernuda v. Heavy, 720 F.Supp. 1544 (S.D. Fla. 1989).

Associated Statutes and/or Legislation

War and National Defense, 50 U.S.C.A. App. §5 (1968 and Supp. 1989), Trading With the Enemy Act ("TWEA")

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