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Eleventh Circuit Upholds Spain's Sovereign Immunity Claim to Sunken Treasure Ship

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

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Contemporary Practice of the United States Relating to International Law
Copyright
Copyright © American Society of International Law 2012

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References

1 Odyssey Marine Exploration, Inc. v. Unidentified Shipwrecked Vessel, 657 F.3d 1159 (11th Cir. 2011), aff’g 675 F.Supp.2d 1126 (M.D. Fla. 2009); see Thorn Weidlich, Odyssey Marine Drops as Court Upholds ‘Black Swan’ Ruling, Bus. Week, Sept, 21, 2011, at http://www.businessweek.com/news/2011 -09-21 /odyssey-marine-drops-as-court-upholds-black-swan-ruling.html.

2 William J. Broad, Latest Devices Open Up a New World of Shipwreck Recovery, N.Y. Times, Oct. 11, 2011, at D3; Company Finds Ship Filled with Silver, Wash. Post, Oct. 11, 2011, at A18.

3 28 U.S.C. §§1602-1611.

4 Odyssey Marine, 657 F.3d at 1168

5 Id. at 1171.

6 Id. at 1173.

7 Id. at 1174 n.8.

8 Id. at 1175-76 (footnote omitted).

9 Id. at 1177.

10 Id.

11 Id. at 1178 (footnote omitted).

12 Id. at 1178-79.

13 Id. at 1179-80.