MATTHEW DAVID LOPEZ v. STATE OF FLORIDA

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• noting \the presumption of exclusive flag-state jurisdiction\ over vessels with identified nationality
• \[S]tateless vessels are treated as subject to the exercise of authority by any nation.\
• “[E]very vessel must sail under the flag of one, and only one, state.”

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