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

Filing 9

BRIEF in support of 8 Motion to Intervene filed by Michigan Department of Environmental Quality, michigan department of history, arts and libraries (Attachments: # 1 Proposed Order Granting Motion to Intervene# 2 Proposed Document Motion to Dismiss# 3 Proposed Document Affidavit of Wayne Lusardi# 4 Proposed Document Lusardi Exhibit A# 5 Proposed Document Brief in Support of Motion to Dismiss# 6 Proposed Document Order of Dismissal# 7 Proposed Document Affidavit of Thomas Graf# 8 Proposed Document Graf Exhibit A) (Piggush, James)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN Northern Division GREAT LAKES EXPLORATION GROUP LLC Plaintiff v. The Unidentified, Wrecked and (For Salvage-Right Purposes), Abandoned Sailing Vessel, her tackle, apparel, appurtenances, cargo, etc. located within a circle having a radius of 3.5 statute miles, whose center point is at coordinates 45° 32.8' North latitude and 86° 41.5' West longitude, In Rem Defendant. and MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY, ARTS AND LIBRARIES AND MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY, Intervening Defendants ______________________________________________________________________________ ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO INTERVENE The State of Michigan by the Michigan Department of History, Arts and Libraries and the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality has filed a Motion to Intervene in this action for the limited purposes of filing its Motion to Dismiss for lack of jurisdiction and of defending the state's interest in and jurisdiction over its bottomlands and maritime cultural heritage, and it Civil Action No. 1:04-CV-375 HON. ROBERT HOLMES BELL

appearing to the Court that it is proper that those agencies may properly intervene for said purposes; NOW THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the Michigan Department of History, Arts and Libraries and the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality may appear in this action to defend the state's interest in and jurisdiction over its bottomlands and maritime cultural heritage and to present their Motion to Dismiss for lack of jurisdiction. Honorable _____________________________ Robert Holmes Bell U. S. District Judge Dated: __________________, 2004
s:nrd/ac/cases/open/great lakes exploration 04ag/order granting mot to intervene

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