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People ex rel. Illinois Historic Preservation Agency v. Zych

Case Date: 12/31/1969
Court: Supreme Court
Docket No: 84514

People ex rel. Historic Preservation v. Zych (Ill. S.Ct.)



Docket No. 84514-Agenda 12-January 1999.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATEOF ILLINOIS ex rel. ILLINOIS HISTORIC PRESERVATION AGENCY etal.,Appellees, v. HARRY ZYCH, d/b/a American Diving & Salvage Company, et al.,Appellants.

Opinion filed April 15,1999.

CHIEF JUSTICE FREEMAN delivered the opinion ofthe court:

Plaintiff, the State of Illinois ex rel. IllinoisHistoric Preservation Agency and Department of Transportation (State), brought thisdeclaratory judgment action seeking a determination that it owned the remains of the shipwreckedLady Elgin under theAbandoned Shipwreck Act of 1987 (Act) (43 U.S.C.