Great Lakes Exploration Group LLC v. Unidentified Wrecked and (For Salvage-Right Purposes), Abandoned Sailing Vessel, The

Filing 14

ORDER granting 8 motion to intervene; The Clerk shall accept for filing the proposed motion to dismiss submitted with the motion to intervene; Plaintiff will have 30 days from entry of this order in which to file a response to the motion to dismiss; signed by Chief Judge Robert Holmes Bell (Chief Judge Robert Holmes Bell, ymc)

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G r e a t Lakes Exploration Group LLC v. Unidentified Wrecked and (For Sa...bandoned Sailing Vessel, The D o c . 14 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT F O R THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN S O U T H ER N DIVISION G R E A T LAKES EXPLORATION G R O U P LLC, P l a i n ti f f , F i l e No. 1:04-CV-375 v. H O N . ROBERT HOLMES BELL T h e Unidentified, Wrecked and (For S a l v a g e - R ig h t Purposes), Abandoned Sai ling Vessel, her tackle, apparel, appurtenances, cargo, etc. located wit hin a circle having a radius of 3.5 s t a tu t e miles, whose center point is at c o o r d i n a te s 45º 32.8' North latitude and 8 6 º 41.5' West longitude, I n Rem De fend ant, and S T A T E OF MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT O F HISTORY, ARTS, AND LIBRARIES A N D MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF E N V IR O N M E N T A L QUALITY, I n t e r v e n i n g Defendants. / ORDER Befo re this Court is the motion to intervene by the State of Michigan Department of H ist or y, Arts and Libraries and the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality. The Dockets.Justia.com M ichig a n Department of History, Arts and Libraries and the Michigan Department of E n v i r o n m e n t a l Quality seek to intervene for the limited purpose of filing a motion to dismiss f o r lack of jurisdiction and of defending the state's interest in and jurisdiction over its b o t t o m la n d s and maritime cultural heritage. It appearing to the Court that the Plaintiff Great L a k e s Exploration Group LLC has no objection to the motion to intervene, the Court finds t h a t those agencies may properly intervene for said purposes. I T IS HEREBY ORDERED that the Michigan Department of History, Arts and L i b r a r ie s and the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality's motion to intervene (Do cket #8) is GRANTED and the proposed motion to dismiss submitted with the motion to intervene shall be accepted by the Clerk for filing. Plaintiff Great Lakes Exploration G r o u p LLC will have 30 days from the entry of this order in which to file a response to the mo tion to dismiss. Date: November 18, 2004 /s/ Robert Holmes Bell ROBERT HOLM E S BELL C H IE F UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 2

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