Legal Opinion
Zych v. Unidentified, Wrecked & Abandoned Vessel
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided March 21, 1994No. 93-1426PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BAUER, Circuit Judge.
Harry Zych filed this in rem action to obtain title to an abandoned shipwreck, the Seabird, or, alternatively, a salvage award. The case was presented to the district court and that court dismissed Zych’s case for want of jurisdiction. We reversed and remanded the case to the district court. The district court dismissed the case a second time. Zych appeals the second dismissal of his case. He now seeks only a salvage award against the State of Illinois.
The Abandoned Shipwrecks Act of 1987, 43 U.S.C. §§ 2101-06 (“ASA”), declares in part that the law of salvage shall not…
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