Legal Opinion
People ex rel. Illinois Historic Preservation Agency v. Zych
Appellate Court of Illinois
Decided October 31, 1997No. 1-96-2223PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PRESIDING JUSTICE GREIMAN
delivered the opinion of the court:
In 1860, a ship named the Lady Elgin sank in Lake Michigan following a collision with the schooner Augusta. In 1989, 129 years later, defendant Harry Zych discovered the shipwreck. The instant action concerns competing claims to the ownership of the wreckage.
Plaintiff, the State of Illinois ex rel. Illinois Historic Preservation Agency and Department of Transportation (the State), claims title to the Lady Elgin shipwreck under the Federal Abandoned Shipwreck Act of 1987 (the Act) (43 U.S.C. §§ 2101 through 2106 (1988)).
Defendants…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Columbus-America Discovery Group v. Atlantic Mutual InsuranceCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1992
- Fairport International Exploration, Inc. v. The Shipwrecked Vessel Known as the Captain Lawrence, in Rem, the State of Michigan, Intervenor-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1997
- California v. Deep Sea Research, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1997
- Zych v. Unidentified, Wrecked & Abandoned Vessel, Believed to Be the SB "Lady Elgin"District Court, N.D. Illinois · 1991
- Deep Sea Research, Inc. v. The Brother JonathanCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1996
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3Cited by2 opinions
- People Ex Rel. Illinois Historic Preservation Agency v. ZychIllinois Supreme Court · 1999
- People ex rel. Illinois Historic Preservation Agency v. ZychIllinois Supreme Court · 1999