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PRZYBOROWSKI v. HOWARD

Civ. No. 93-348-P-H.

863 F.Supp. 22 (1994)

Carl A. PRZYBOROWSKI, Plaintiff, v. Clifford E. HOWARD; Edward B. Pope, individually and in his official capacity as Mayor of the City of Washington, Georgia; and Roger G. Weston, individually and in his official capacity as Chief of Police of the City of Washington, Georgia, Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Maine.

July 7, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul F. Macri, Julian L. Sweet, Berman & Simmons, P.A., Lewiston, ME, Jerry S. Menge, Robert F. Coleman, Eugene J. Schiltz, Robert A. Coleman & Associates, Chicago, IL, for plaintiff.

Leanne Robbin, Asst. Atty. Gen., Augusta, ME, for Howard.

Stephen G. Grygiel, Pierce, Atwood, Scribner, Allen, Smith & Lancaster, Portland, ME, for Pope and Weston.

ORDER ON DEFENDANT HOWARD'S MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT

HORNBY, District Judge.

At the heart of this dispute are conflicting claims over ownership of a letter written by Confederate General Robert E. Lee on October 31, 1863, to Colonel Edward Willis. When the letter surfaced in Maine as part of a number of items to be auctioned at a local auction house, the city of Washington, Georgia, whose museum claimed ownership, mounted every effort to retrieve it....

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