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FAIRPORT INTERN. EXPLORATION v. CAPTAIN LAWRENCE

No. 99-2415.

245 F.3d 857 (2001)

FAIRPORT INTERNATIONAL EXPLORATION, INC., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. The Shipwrecked Vessel, known as THE CAPTAIN LAWRENCE, in rem, Defendant, State of Michigan, Intervenor-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: April 17, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Michael L. Donner, Sr., CARTER, LEDYARD & MILBURN, Washington, D.C., for Appellant.

Joshua W. Gubkin, STATE OF MICHIGAN, Lansing, Michigan, for Appellee.

ON BRIEF: Michael L. Donner, Sr., CARTER, LEDYARD & MILBURN, Washington, D.C., for Appellant.

Stephen F. Schuesler, OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL, Lansing, Michigan, for Appellee.

Before: BOGGS and MOORE, Circuit Judges; COHN, District Judge.

Pursuant to Sixth Circuit Rule 206

OPINION

BOGGS, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff Fairport International Exploration, Inc. ("Fairport") appeals the district court's dismissal of its in rem admiralty action seeking to establish its right to a shipwrecked vessel, the Captain Lawrence. For the following reasons, we affirm.

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