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LACKAWANNA CHAPTER v. ST. LOUIS COUNTY

No. 06-3662.

497 F.3d 832 (2007)

LACKAWANNA CHAPTER OF the RAILWAY & LOCOMOTIVE HISTORICAL SOCIETY, INC.; Friends of the New Jersey Railroad and Transportation Museum Commission, Inc., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. ST. LOUIS COUNTY, MISSOURI, doing business as Museum of Transportation, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: August 14, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph A. O'Brien, argued, Clarks Summit, PA, Karoline Mehalchick, on the brief, for appellant.

Robert C. Moore, Assistant County Counselor, argued, Clayton, MO, for appellee.

Before MURPHY, BRIGHT, and BENTON, Circuit Judges.

BRIGHT, Circuit Judge.

This case involves a dispute over the possession of an artifact from the Golden Age of passenger rail travel in the United States. The artifact is not a simple souvenir; the Lackawanna Chapter of the Railway & Locomotive Historical Society, Inc. ("Lackawanna"), seeks the return of a historic steam locomotive, currently displayed by St. Louis County, Missouri ("St. Louis"), at its Museum of Transportation. Lackawanna filed suit in federal...

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