The U.S. Supreme Court has revived a case that could decide the ownership of a French impressionist painting that was once stolen by the Nazis from a Jewish woman.

The Cassirer family of California is hoping to finally reclaim a Camille Pissarro painting potentially worth tens of millions.

The case surrounding the ownership of a painting stolen by the Nazis from a Jewish woman has been ongoing for twenty years. View on euronews

Justices overturn the 9th Circuit Court again, saying the case should be decided under a California law that protects the rightful heirs of art lost during the Holocaust.

A 20-year legal odyssey seeking the return of a Nazi-looted painting that once belonged to the German Jewish family of a former La Mesa resident endured its latest twist Monday when the U.S. Supreme Court ordered an appellate court to reconsider the fate of the artwork.