Legal Opinion
Lackawanna Chapter of Railway & Locomotive Historical Society, Inc. v. St. Louis County
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided August 14, 2007No. 06-3662PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
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 district court, but the court granted summary judgment for St. Louis. That court rejected Lackawanna’s claims for replevin and specific…
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