Legal Opinion
HARDING COUNTY, SD v. Frithiof
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided August 6, 2009No. 08-1540PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LOKEN, Chief Judge.
Harding County, South Dakota, is home to many valuable fossils. In June 1998, fossil hunter Mark Eatman found fossilized remains of a juvenile tyrannosaurus rex dinosaur on land in Harding County that was either owned by rancher Gary Gilbert or owned by the County and leased to Gilbert for grazing. Eatman sold his interest in the fossil for $50,000 to a Texas group led by Ron Frithiof, who named the fossil “Tinker.” Frithiof and Gilbert then entered into a series of prospecting leases. From June 1998 until November 2000, Frithiof and his partners excavated from the site…
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