-JO Jacob Friedman, Estelle Sapir and Miriam Stern, on Behalf of Themselves and All Others Similarly Situated v. Union Bank of Switzerland, et al. (See Doc. No. 897)

Filing 4836

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER Approving Set 207: 1 Award Denial Certified by the Claims Resolution Tribunal pursuant to Article 31(2) of the Rules Governing the Claims Resolution Process. Ordered by Judge Edward R. Korman on 8/22/2012. (Greene, Donna)

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IN RE: HOLOCAUST VICTIM ASSETS
LITIGATION

Case No. CV 96-4849 (ERK)(MDG,
(Consolidated with CV 96-5161
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This Document Relates to: All Cases

MEMORANDUM & ORDER

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US DISTRICT COURT E.D.N.Y.

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AUG 2 4 2012

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MEMORANDUM & ORDER APPROVING SET 207: 1 AWARD DENIAL CERTIFIEJ3W~YN OFFICE
CLAIMS RESOLUTION TRIBUNAL PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 31(2) OF THE RULES
GOVERNING THE CLAIMS RESOLUTION PROCESS

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KORMAN,J.:
As provided under the Settlement Agreement, and in accordance with the procedures
established in the December 8, 2000 Memorandum & Order and in the Distribution Plan, the Claims
Resolution Tribunal ("CRT") is hereby requesting the Court's approval, pursuant to Article 31 (2) of
the Rules, of 1 certified Award Denial listed in Annex A.
With this two hundred and seventh set, a total of 6,653 Certified Denials to 13,665 accounts
will have been approved under CRT II, In 6,024 of these 6,653 Denials, the CRT determined that the
claimant was not able to identify his or her relative as the account owner; in 168 cases the CRT
determined that the account owner closed the account and received the proceeds himlherself; in 59
cases the CRT determined that the claimant was not entitled to the account owner's account; in 26
cases the CRT determined that the evidence submitted by the claimant was insufficient to support the
existence of a bank account belonging to the claimant's relative; in 5 cases the CRT determined that
the claimant's relative was not a Victim of Nazi Persecution, as defined by the Settlement
Agreement; in 2 cases the CRT concluded that the account owner closed the account and received the
proceeds himlherself and, with regard to evidence submitted by that claimant, that this evidence was
insufficient to support the existence of a bank account belonging to the claimed account owner; in 1
case the claimant was not able to identify his or her relative as the account owner and, with regard to
evidence submitted by that claimant, that this evidence was insufficient to support the existence of a

bank account belonging to the claimed account owner; in 1 case the CRT determined that the
claimant's relative was not a Victim of Nazi Persecutions, as defined by the Settlement
Agreement, and that, in any case, the account owner closed the account and received the
proceeds himlherself; in 1 case the CRT concluded that the account owner closed the account and
received the proceeds him/herself and the claimant was not entitled to the account owner's account;
in 4 cases the CRT determined that the evidence which was submitted by claimants in their requests
for reconsideration was insufficient to support the existence of a bank account belonging to the
claimed account owners; and in 362 cases the CRT was not able to make definitive determinations as
to the plausibility of the matches given the large number of competing matches to the same account
and therefore concluded that no award was appropriate. Therefore, it is hereby
ORDERED that the attached Award Denial is hereby approved for release to the relevant
claimant and co-claimant.
It is further ordered that the Special Masters shall provide the Court with the name and

address of every class member receiving an Award Denial, which information shall be filed with the
Court under seal.

Dated:

Brooklyn, New York
August .:]J..I20 12

~ERED:

s/Edward R. Korman
Ed~ard If Korman

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United States District Judge

CLAIMS RESOLUTION TRIBUNAL
[Batch CCVII[ -Annex A
Pursuant to Article 16 of the Rules Governing the Claims Resolution Tribunal, as amended, (the
"Rules"), the Claims Resolution Tribunal hereby certifies as of 22 August 2012 the following Award
Denial for approval by the Court:
1.

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