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Yale Files Motion To Dismiss Peru's Lawsuit

The Hartford Courant

When Peru filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Washington D.C. demanding that Yale University return a collection of Incan artifacts, it chose the wrong venue, according to a motion filed this month by the university.

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# Peruvian says :
13 March, 2009 [ 12:26 ]

I can't believe Peruvian lawyers are that stupid !
o habra mano negra ?

# Mike says :
13 March, 2009 [ 12:56 ]

Since they would have had to hire lawyers barred in the US, I can't believe the lawyers were that stupid.

Unless Peru never intended to win - just to make a political/social statement.

# Bill says :
13 March, 2009 [ 19:25 ]

Peruvian lawyers were not stupid. There is precious little justice in the U.S. Justice system, and Yale's lawyers are slick and slippery. Keep at it Peru!

# Mike says :
13 March, 2009 [ 19:52 ]

There's nothing slick or slippery about it.  The lawyers (and I don't know if they were necessarily Peruvian), filed the lawsuit in the wrong jurisdiction.

# alex says :
16 March, 2009 [ 00:24 ]

"If Peru wishes to persue its stale and meritless claims, it must do so in Connecticut"
Now, that really gets me going! What's meritless about Peru trying to recover its cultural heritage? Granted, 100 years ago, some gringo casually discovered some ruins, in "someone else's country!" and the Peruvian government of 100 years ago made a sort of deal. Too bad!
This relics still belong to someone else and that is not Yale.
Sure, the lawyers messed up. But this is only the first round... a whole media storm should be unleash. Yale cares more about its image and publicity than its actual students themselves, so, let's hit them where it hurts Peru!

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