Rebecca Beach Smith (born 1949) is the Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia and civic leader. Among her many decisions is the 2011 ruling that decided the title to and restrictions upon artifacts salvaged from the wreck of the RMS Titanic.
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