Federal litigation over the fate of a Camille Pissarro painting worth tens of millions of dollars has been ongoing for 20 years.

California Atty. Gen. Rob Bonta said California’s law calling for looted art to be returned is valid, and his office will defend it in court.

The Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection Foundation, which is owned by Spain, has fought to keep the painting for its Madrid museum.

California is once again fighting in federal court for a Jewish family’s right to have a precious Impressionist painting returned to them by a Spanish museum nearly 90 years after it was looted by the Nazis .

The state is also defending its own authority to legally require art and other stolen treasures to be returned to other victims with ties to the state, even in disputes that stretch far be

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