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BLACK HILLS INSTITUTE v. DEPT. OF JUSTICE

Civ. No. 92-5070.

812 F.Supp. 1015 (1993)

BLACK HILLS INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGICAL RESEARCH; and Black Hills Museum of Natural History Foundations, Inc., a nonprofit corporation, Plaintiffs, v. The UNITED STATES of America, DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, Defendant.

United States District Court, D. South Dakota, W.D.

February 3, 1993.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patrick Duffy, Bangs, McCullen, Butler, Foye & Simmons, Rapid City, SD, for plaintiffs.

Kevin V. Schieffer, U.S. Atty., Sioux Falls, SD, for defendant.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

BATTEY, District Judge.

NATURE AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

This matter comes before the Court on cross motions for summary judgment filed pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 56.

The case has had a somewhat convoluted and checkered past. It has resulted in two decisions1 of the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals involving motions for possession of the tyrannosaurus rex skeleton known by the nickname "Sue."

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