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FAIRPORT INTERN. v. SHIPWRECKED VESSEL

No. 2:94-CV-164.

913 F.Supp. 552 (1995)

FAIRPORT INTERNATIONAL EXPLORATION, INC., Plaintiff, v. The SHIPWRECKED VESSEL, known as The Captain Lawrence, which sank in 1933, her engines, tackle, appurtenances, and cargo located within two nautical miles of a point at coordinates 45 degrees 32' North Latitude and 86 degrees 40' West Longitude in rem, Defendant, and The State of Michigan, Intervenor.

United States District Court, W.D. Michigan, Northern Division.

June 14, 1995.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roger W. Kangas, Casselman & Kangas, PC, Marquette, MI, Peter E. Hess, Peter E. Hess Law Offices, Wilmington, DE, for plaintiff.

Fairport International Exploration, Inc., Chantilly, VA, pro se.

Stephen F. Schuesler, Frank J. Kelley, Attorney General, Natural Resources Division, Lansing, MI, for intervenor.

OPINION

ROBERT HOLMES BELL, District Judge.

Plaintiff Fairport International Exploration, Inc., filed this admiralty in rem action in order to establish its right to salvage a shipwrecked vessel, the Captain Lawrence, which sank in the waters of Lake Michigan in 1933.

The State of Michigan has intervened in order to present its claim of title to the vessel under the Abandoned Shipwreck Act of 1987 ("ASA"), 43 U.S.C. § 2101-06;...

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