>> the federal government took the position that he had no authority himself to enter into an agreement with the black hills institute. >> peter realized that he could not have his fossil back. he was devastated. >> the judge decided that sue was real estate. sue the fossil was real estate. >> i first got involved in the dinosaur case, as we call it, sometime late 1992, early 1993. of course they're not going to like what we're doing. that's the nature of what we do. but hopefully in the broader spectrum, people can look at it