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GREAT LAKES EXPLORATION v. WRECKED SAILING VESSEL

No. 06-2584.

522 F.3d 682 (2008)

GREAT LAKES EXPLORATION GROUP, LLC, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNIDENTIFIED WRECKED AND (FOR SALVAGE-RIGHT PURPOSES), ABANDONED SAILING VESSEL, etc., Defendant, Michigan Department of Environmental Quality, Michigan Department of History, Arts and Libraries, Intervenors-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: April 22, 2008.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Richard T. Robol, Robol Law Office, LPA, Columbus, Ohio, for Appellant. James R. Piggush, Michigan Department of the Attorney General, Lansing, Michigan, for Appellee. ON BRIEF: Richard T. Robol, Robol Law Office, LPA, Columbus, Ohio, for Appellant. James R. Piggush, Michigan Department of the Attorney General, Lansing, Michigan, for Appellee.

Before: KEITH, CLAY, and GILMAN, Circuit Judges.

OPINION

RONALD LEE GILMAN, Circuit Judge.

Great Lakes Exploration Group, LLC (GLEG), a private underwater exploration and salvage company, brought an in rem admiralty action seeking an arrest warrant for an ancient sailing vessel (The Griffin) that sank in Lake Michigan in the 1600s. The state of Michigan intervened to claim title to the vessel pursuant to the Abandoned Shipwreck Act (ASA), 43 U.S.C. §§ 2101-2106. Under the ASA, when a state...

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