Legal Opinion
Great Lakes Exploration Group, LLC v. Unidentified Wrecked & (For Salvage-Right Purposes) Abandoned Sailing Vessel
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided April 22, 2008No. 06-2584PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
RONALD LEE GILMAN, Circuit Judge.
Great Lakes Exploration Group, LLC (GLEG), a private underwater exploration and salvage company, brought an in rem admiralty action seeking an arrest warrant for an ancient sailing vessel (The Griffin) that sank in Lake Michigan in the 1600s. The state of Michigan intervened to claim title to the vessel pursuant to the Abandoned Shipwreck Act (ASA), 43 U.S.C. §§ 2101-2106. Under the ASA, when a state does not have actual possession of a shipwreck, the state may establish title if it can show that the vessel is both (1) abandoned, and (2) embedded in the…
2Cases cited23 opinions
- Link v. Wabash RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
- Cooper v. ReynoldsSupreme Court of the United States · 1870
- Florida Department of State v. Treasure Salvors, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1982
- James L. v. CarrylSupreme Court of the United States · 1858
- United States v. Juan Reyes, Juan A. Acevedo, Claimant-AppellantCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2002
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3Cited by6 opinions
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