Posted by theedor on December 08, 19103 at 17:38:46:
In Reply to: Rosinco court cases posted by Paul Ehorn on June 05, 19103 at 22:41:38:
: On May 12th all charges against me were dismissed. This took place in the State Circuit Court at Kenosha, Wisconsin with the Honorable Barbara A. Kluka as presiding judge. It was decided that there was reasonable doubt with respect to the burden of proof that the state must sustain reguarding ownership of the Rosinco at the time of my arrest. The state of Wisconsin filed for inclusion in the National Register in February of 2001, claiming that the Rosinco was abandoned at that point. This was a considerable length of time after the porthole had been removed in 1998. If it was abandoned at that time, the state did not own it in 1998. This is not only true for the Rosinco, but also applies to many other wrecks as well. The Abandoned Shipwreck Act was actually written to protect only a small portion of sunken ships. Now at the Federal Court level, there is still an order which prevents anyone associated with me or the state from diving on the wreck. The ownership of the Rosinco is still under appeal at the Federal Appelate Court in Chicago.