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Case Summary
United States v. Mask of Ka-Nefer-Nefer
United States v. Mask of Ka-Nefer-Nefer, No. 11-cv-504 (HEA) (E.D. Mo. March 31, 2012), aff'd, Civ. No. 12-2578 (8th Cir., Jun. 12, 2014).
See also The Art Museum Subdistrict of the Metropolitan Zoological Park and Museum District of the City of St. Louis v. U.S., No. 4:11-cv-291 (HEA) (E.D. Mo. filed Feb. 15, 2011).
Précis
At issue in this U.S. government action seeking the
forfeiture
Loss of property under compulsion of legal authority.
forfeiture of an ancient Egyptian mummy mask from the St. Louis Art Museum was whether the Complaint'sallegation that the mask must have been “stolen” because it had gone “missing” from storage in Egypt and later turned up in the United States was specific enough for the suit to proceed. A Missouri federal court found that . . . .
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