Legal Opinion
R.M.S. Titanic, Inc. v. the Wrecked & Abandoned Vessel
District Court, E.D. Virginia
Decided August 12, 2010No. 2:93cv902PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
REBECCA BEACH SMITH, District Judge.
This matter comes before the court on R.M.S. Titanic, Inc.’s (“RMST”) Motion for a Salvage Award (“Motion”) filed on November 30, 2007. 1 The court held an evidentiary hearing on RMST’s Motion on October 26-29, 2009, and on November 2 and 23, 2009. For the reasons set forth below, the court GRANTS RMST’s motion for a salvage award in the amount of ONE HUNDRED PERCENT (100%) the fair market value of the artifacts recovered in the 1993, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, and 2004 expeditions to the wreck of the R.M.S. Titanic. The court specifically reserves the…
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