FAIRPORT INTERN. EXPLORATION v. SHIPWRECKED VESSEL

No. 2:94-CV-164.

72 F.Supp.2d 795 (1999)

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 minutes North Latitude and 86 degrees 40 minutes West Longitude, Defendant.

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

November 2, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roger W. Boer, Rhoades, McKee, Boer, Goodrich & Titta, Grand Rapids, MI, Roger W. Kangas, Casselman & Kangas, PC, Marquette, MI, Peter E. Hess, Peter E. Hess Law Offices, Wilmington, DE, for Fairport International Exploration, Inc., plaintiff.

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

Stephen F. Schuesler, Jennifer M. Granholm, Attorney General, Natural Resources Division, Lansing, MI, for Plaintiffs.


OPINION

ROBERT HOLMES BELL, District Judge.

This action was remanded by the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals for a determination as to whether clear and convincing evidence shows abandonment of the Captain Lawrence. Fairport Int'l Exploration, Inc. v. The Shipwrecked Vessel, known as the Captain Lawrence, 177 F.3d 491, 501 (6th Cir.1999) ("Fairport III").

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