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The Manhattan D.A. recently issued a criminal seizure warrant for 'Girl With Black Hair' in the possession of Oberlin College's Allen Museum. Court records in a civil case reveal that the college has been fighting at least since 2006 against return of the drawing. This is in contrast to the college's repatriation of an item of Native American craft returned to the Nez Perce tribe in 2002. Are items stolen from Jews during the Holocaust less worthy of return than items obtained from Native American tribes?

Emergency Motion for injunction pending appeal: "The district court said discriminatory contracting itself is protected speech. That line is one the Supreme Court has always been careful not to cross, as it would destroy the whole enterprise of antidiscrimination law.... But the district court crossed it."