Legal Opinion
Fairport International Exploration, Inc. v. the Shipwrecked Vessel
District Court, W.D. Michigan
Decided November 2, 1999No. 1:94-cr-00164PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
ROBERT HOLMES BELL, District Judge.
This action was remanded by the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals for a determination as to whether clear and convincing evidence shows abandonment of the Captain Lawrence. Fairport Int’l Exploration, Inc. v. The Shipwrecked Vessel, known as the Captain Lawrence, 177 F.3d 491, 501 (6th Cir.1999) (“Favrport III”).
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Plaintiff Fairport International Exploration, Inc. initiated this admiralty in rem action in 1994 to establish its right to salvage The Captain Lawrence, a shipwrecked vessel, which sank in Lake Michigan in 1933. The State of Michigan intervened…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- California v. Deep Sea Research, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1998
- 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
- Moyer v. Wrecked & Abandoned VesselDistrict Court, D. New Jersey · 1993
- Fairport International Exploration, Inc. v. the Shipwrecked VesselCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1999
- Deep Sea Research, Inc. v. Brother JonathanDistrict Court, N.D. California · 1995
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3Cited by2 opinions
- Northeast Research, LLC v. One Shipwrecked VesselCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2013
- Fairport International Exploration, Inc. v. The Shipwrecked Vessel, Known as the Captain Lawrence, in Rem, State of Michigan, Intervenor-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2001