Legal Opinion
California v. Deep Sea Research, Inc.
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided April 28, 1998No. 96-1400PublishedCited by 119 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice O’Connor
This action, involving the adjudication of various claims to a historic shipwreck, requires us to address the interaction between the Eleventh Amendment and the in rem admiralty jurisdiction of the federal courts. Respondent Deep Sea Research, Inc. (DSR), located the ship, known as the S. S. Brother Jonathan, in California’s territorial waters. When DSR turned to the federal courts for resolution of its claims to the vessel, California contended that the Eleventh Amendment precluded a federal court from considering DSR’s claims in light of the State’s asserted rights to the Brother Jonathan…
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