In a 5-2 ruling, the N.C. Supreme Court is allowing portions of a Blackbeard-related lawsuit to proceed against state government. The suit involves a contractual dispute over media rights linked to recovery and use of artifacts from Blackbeard’s flagship, the Queen Anne’s Revenge, as well as search permits for an 18th-century shipwreck.
by Mitch Kokai
Senior Political Analyst, John Locke Foundation