Legal Opinion
Zych v. Unidentified, Wrecked & Abandoned Vessel, Believed to Be the SB "Lady Elgin"
District Court, N.D. Illinois
Decided September 13, 1990No. 89 C 6501, 89 C 6502PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
ROVNER, District Judge.
I. INTRODUCTION
The Lady Elgin, built in 1851, was a celebrated sidewheel steamer which carried passengers, mail and freight on Lake Michigan and Lake Superior. On September 8, 1860, she was overloaded with approximately 450 passengers returning to Milwaukee after attending a Democratic Party rally in Chicago for presidential candidate Stephen Douglas. A violent storm arose, decreasing the visibility, and she was fatally rammed by the lumber schooner Augusta. She sank soon afterwards in what is perhaps the most famous shipwreck in the history…
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3Cited by11 opinions
- Zych v. Wrecked Vessel Believed to be The "Lady Elgin"Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1992
- Zych v. Unidentified, Wrecked & Abandoned VesselCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1994
- Zych v. Unidentified, Wrecked & Abandoned Vessel, Believed to Be the SB "Lady Elgin"District Court, N.D. Illinois · 1991
- Zych v. Unidentified, Wrecked, and Abandoned Vessel, Believed to Be the SB "Seabird"District Court, N.D. Illinois · 1992
- Zych v. Unidentified Wrecked And Abandoned VesselCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1991
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