Legal Opinion

People ex rel. Illinois Historic Preservation Agency v. Zych

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided April 15, 1999No. 84514Published

1Opinion of the Court 1

Docket No. 84514–Agenda 12–January 1999.

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS ex rel . ILLINOIS HISTORIC PRESERVATION AGENCY et al ., Appellees, v. HARRY ZYCH, d/b/a American Diving & Salvage Company, et

al ., Appellants.

Opinion filed April 15, 1999.

2Opinion of the Court · FreemanChief Justice Freeman

Plaintiff, the State of Illinois ex rel . Illinois Historic Preservation Agency and Department of Transportation (State), brought this declaratory judgment action seeking a determination that it owned the remains of the shipwrecked Lady Elgin under the Abandoned Shipwreck Act of 1987 (Act) (43 U.S.C. §2101 et seq . (1988)). The trial court found that…

3Cases cited21 opinions

  1. Anderson v. City of Bessemer CitySupreme Court of the United States · 1985
  2. California v. Deep Sea Research, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1998
  3. Martha's Vineyard Scuba Headquarters, Inc. v. The Unidentified, Wrecked and Abandoned Steam Vessel, Etc.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1987
  4. Columbus-America Discovery Group v. Atlantic Mutual InsuranceCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1992
  5. Friedman v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1965

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