Legal Opinion
Chance v. Certain Artifacts Found & Salvaged From the Nashville
District Court, S.D. Georgia
Decided August 16, 1984No. CV483-391PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
EDENFIELD, District Judge.
Plaintiffs brought this admiralty action to determine their rights, if any, to artifacts salvaged from a sunken ship located on state property at the bottom of the Ogeechee River. The State of Georgia has intervened as claimant.
I. Background
THE NASHVILLE, a side-wheel steamer, was built in 1853. The Confederate government seized THE NASHVILLE during the Civil War and deployed the vessel to destroy northern ships. Subsequently, private investors purchased THE NASHVILLE and rechristened her THE RATTLESNAKE. It was THE RATTLESNAKE’S mission to raid and plunder…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Florida Department of State v. Treasure Salvors, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1982
- Favorite v. MillerSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1978
- Hener v. United StatesDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1981
- Eads v. BrazeltonSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1861
- Platoro Limited, Inc. v. The Unidentified Remains Of A VesselCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1983
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3Cited by23 opinions
- Martha's Vineyard Scuba Headquarters, Inc. v. The Unidentified, Wrecked and Abandoned Steam Vessel, Etc.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1987
- Columbus-America Discovery Group v. Atlantic Mutual InsuranceCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1992
- Bruner v. Geneva County Forestry Dept.Supreme Court of Alabama · 2003
- In re Trailer & Plumbing SuppliesSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1990
- Zych v. Unidentified, Wrecked & Abandoned VesselCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1994
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