Second Circuit Holds That New York Owns Title to “Dunkirk Schooner” Shipwreck
In Northeast Research LLC v. One Shipwrecked Vessel, 729 F.3d 197 (2nd Cir. Sept. 5, 2013), the Second Circuit held that the State of New York was the legal owner of the “Dunkirk Schooner” shipwreck – discovered in the “chill depths of Lake Erie” – under the Abandoned Shipwreck Act, 43 U.S.C. § 2101 et seq (ASA).…
Read More Second Circuit Holds That New York Owns Title to “Dunkirk Schooner” Shipwreck