Legal Opinion
Odyssey Marine Exploration, Inc. v. Unidentified Shipwrecked Vessel
District Court, M.D. Florida
Decided September 25, 2013No. Case No. 8:07-cv-614-T-23MAPPublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
STEVEN D. MERRYDAY, District Judge.
This action between Odyssey Marine Exploration and the Kingdom of Spain adjudicates the right to possession and ownership of more than $600,000,000.00 in silver specie.1 This action presented from the outset not merely the dicey prospects of a damages action; this action presented a claim to ownership by a party holding-in-hand an enormous, historic trove of treasure, holding-in-hand riches “beyond the dreams of avarice.” A contest for $600 million — winner take all — is plenty sufficient to endanger any boundary, to awaken any frailty, and to excite…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Chambers v. Nasco, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1991
- Douglas Asphalt Co. v. Qore, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2011
- Richard DeLauro v. Ralph F. PortoCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2011
- Odyssey Marine Exploration, Inc. v. Unidentified Shipwrecked VesselSupreme Court of the United States · 2012
- Odyssey Marine Exploration, Inc. v. Unidentified, Shipwrecked VesselDistrict Court, M.D. Florida · 2009