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Odyssey Marine Exploration Inc. v. Unidentified Shipwrecked Vessel and Others

United States of America.  21 September 2011 .

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2021

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Abstract

State immunity — State-owned property — Shipwrecked warship and cargo — Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act 1976 — Subject-matter jurisdiction — Determination of immunity from arrest and proceedings in rem — Commercial activity exception to immunity — Whether applicable to in rem proceedings — Treatment of cargo aboard shipwreck — Federal Rules of Civil Procedure 12(b)(1) — Comity — 1902 Treaty of Friendship and General Relations between the United States of America and Spain — Relationship between domestic and international law — 1958 Geneva Convention on the High Seas

Sea — Seabed — Shipwrecks — Ownership — Shipwrecked warship — Whether in rem proceedings barred by State immunity — The law of the United States

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Case Report
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© Cambridge University Press 2018

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