Legal Opinion
Fathom Exploration, LLC v. Unidentified Shipwrecked Vessel or Vessels
District Court, S.D. Alabama
Decided March 12, 2012No. Civil Action No. 04-0685-WS-MPublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
WILLIAM H. STEELE, Chief Judge.
This matter comes before the Court on the parties’ briefing (docs. 200, 201, 204, 205) concerning the identity of a vessel located in the admiralty arrest area established in 2004 and known as “Shipwreck #1.”
I. Relevant Background.
This musty and barnacled action dates back to October 2004, when plaintiff Fathom Exploration, LLC (“Fathom”) filed a Complaint against certain in rem defendants, consisting of what it believed to be multiple shipwreck sites located near the mouth of Mobile Bay in the territorial waters of the State of Alabama. Fathom’s Amended…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- R.M.S. Titanic, Inc. v. Wrecked & Abandoned VesselCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 2006
- Great Lakes Exploration Group, LLC v. Unidentified Wrecked & (For Salvage-Right Purposes) Abandoned Sailing VesselCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2008
- Northeast Research, LLC v. One Shipwrecked VesselDistrict Court, W.D. New York · 2011
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