Legal Opinion
Deep Sea Research, Inc. v. Brother Jonathan
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided July 17, 1996No. 95-15693PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
D.W. NELSON, Circuit Judge:
Appellee Deep Sea Research (“DSR”) brought this in rem admiralty action seeking salvage rights and title to the wreck of the Brother Jonathan, a double paddle wheel steamer that sank in 1865 off the coast of Crescent City, California. After nineteen years of searching, DSR claims to have discovered the Brother Jonathan and has stipulated for the purposes of these proceedings that it is located upon submerged lands of the State of California. The State of California intervened for the limited purpose of asserting that it has a colorable claim of ownership to the…
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