Legal Opinion
Zych v. Wrecked Vessel Believed to be The "Lady Elgin"
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided April 3, 1992No. 91-1673PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.
Harry Zych, a diver, has been searching for wrecks in Lake Michigan. Recently he located two sidewheel steamers: the Seabird, which went down in 1868, and the Lady Elgin, which met its end in 1860. Zych commenced in rem salvage actions under the law of admiralty. Our case presents a question reserved in Zych v. The Seabird, 941 F.2d 525, 534 & nn. 15, 16 (7th Cir.1991): Whether the eleventh amendment prevents the district court from declaring that a finder has rights superior to those of a state claiming an interest in a wreck.
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