Legal Opinion
Paul L. Ehorn v. Sunken Vessel Known as the "Rosinco," Her Tackle, Appurtenances, Furnishings, and Cargo, Appeal Of: State of Wisconsin, Intervening
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided June 21, 2002No. 01-3882, 01-4326PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.
Between 1916 and 1928 the Rosinco— the first diesel — electric vessel berthed in Chicago — was one of the largest (at 95 feet and 82 gross tons) and most opulent yachts on the Great Lakes. While en route from Milwaukee to Chicago early on September 19, 1928, the Rosinco struck something and sank in 185 feet of water about 12 miles off Kenosha, Wisconsin. Paul Ehorn was arrested in October 1998 after he retrieved one of its portholes. Wisconsin commenced a criminal prosecution, charging Ehorn with looting from a vessél that (the state believes) belongs to it under…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Mullane v. Central Hanover Bank & Trust Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1950
- Dusenbery v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 2002
- Schroeder v. City of New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
- City of New York v. New York, New Haven & Hartford RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1953
- Walker v. City of HutchinsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1956
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3Cited by7 opinions
- In Re: Craig D. Hanson, Debtor-AppellantCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2005
- New Jersey Higher Education Assistance Authority v. PennellNew Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 2005
- ATLANTIC WRECK SALVAGE, LLC v. THE WRECKED AND ABANDONED VESSEL KNOWN AS THE S.S. CAROLINA WHICH SANK IN 1918, HER ENGINES, TACKLE, APPURTENANCES AND CARGODistrict Court, D. New Jersey · 2021
- Ehorn v. ABANDONED SHIPWRECK KNOWN AS THE ROSINCODistrict Court, E.D. Wisconsin · 2002
- Ehorn v. Abandoned ShipwreckCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2004
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