Legal Opinion
Fairport International Exploration, Inc. v. Shipwrecked Vessel
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided May 13, 1999No. 95-1783PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the CourtBoggs, J., joined by Dowd, D.J.,
MOORE, J. (pp. 502-03), delivered a separate opinion concurring in part and concurring in the result.
OPINION
BOGGS, Circuit Judge.
“Don’t give up the ship,” ordered Captain James Lawrence in 1813 as HMS Shannon engaged his frigate Chesapeake. One hundred twenty years later, Wilfred H. Behrens left his boat, the Captain Lawrence, as it sank in Lake Michigan. Decades later, Fairport International Exploration, Inc. acquired an interest in the vessel and, in 1994, brought an in rem action seeking to perfect title to the Captain Lawrence, which is embedded in the bottom of Lake Michigan. The State…
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3Cited by1 opinion
- Fairport International Exploration, Inc. v. the Shipwrecked VesselCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1999