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Ownership of Sunken Spanish Warships

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 March 2017

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Contemporary Practice of the United States Relating to International Law
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American Journal of International Law , Volume 94 , Issue 4 , October 2000 , pp. 678 - 682
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Copyright © American Society of International Law 2000

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References

1 See Broad, William J., Court Ruling on Spanish Frigates Foils Modern-Day Treasure Hunt, N.Y. Times, July 31, 2000, at A1 Google Scholar.

2 43 U.S.C. §§2101–2106 (1994). Among other things, the act transfers title to certain abandoned shipwrecks from the U.S. government to the state “in or on whose submerged lands the shipwreck is located.”

3 Definitive Treaty of Peace Between France, Great Britain, and Spain, Feb. 10, 1763, 42 Consol. T.S. 279.

4 Treaty of Amity, Settlement and Limits, Feb. 22, 1819, U.S.-Spain, 8 Stat. 252.

5 Brief for the United States as Amicus Curiae Supporting the Kingdom of Spain at 7–11, 14—17, 24–30, Sea Hunt, Inc. v. The Unidentified, Shipwrecked Vessel or Vessels, No. 99–2035, 2000 WL 1015814 (4th Cir. July 21, 2000) (footnotes omitted) (some citations omitted) (capitalization of headings altered to conform to Journal style).

6 Sea Hunt, Inc. v. The Unidentified, Shipwrecked Vessel or Vessels, No. 99–2035, 2000 WL 1015814, at *20–21 (4th Cir. July 21, 2000).