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Swiss high court rejects Gypsy Holocaust suit versus IBM, cites time limit

Switzerland's supreme court dismissed a lawsuit accusing International Business Machines Corp. of aiding the Nazi Holocaust because too much time has elapsed, the Gypsy organization that filed the case said Friday.

Gypsy International Recognition and Compensation Action said it had been given notice of the decision by the Federal Tribunal in Lausanne that the statute of limitations applied to the case. It said the court's explanation would be released in several weeks.

The organization said the ruling ends the legal case before any study of the merits of the case.
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