Legal Opinion
Florida Department of State v. Treasure Salvors, Inc.
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided July 1, 1982No. 80-1348PublishedCited by 391 opinions
1Judgment of the CourtJustice Stevens, joined by The Chief Justice, Justice Marshall, and Justice Blackmun
In this admiralty in rem action, a federal court attempted to arrest property held by two state officials and bring it within the jurisdiction of the court. The property — artifacts of the Nuestra Señora de Atocha, a 17th-century Spanish galleon — was discovered by respondents on the floor of the ocean in international waters. The question presented is whether the Eleventh Amendment immunized the property from the federal court’s process.
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Battered by a tropical hurricane, the Nuestra Senora de Atocha, a Spanish galleon carrying a cargo of New World treasure to King Philip IV of Spain, sank in…
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