Legal Opinion
Columbus-America Discovery Group v. Atlantic Mutual Insurance
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided August 26, 1992No. Nos. 90-2730 to 90-2732PublishedCited by 97 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
DONALD RUSSELL, Circuit Judge:
“When Erasmus mused that ‘[a] common shipwreck is a source of consolation to all’, Adagia, IV.iii.9 (1508), he quite likely did not foresee inconcinnate free-for-alls among self-styled salvors.” Martha’s Vineyard Scuba HQ, Inc. v. The Unidentified, Wrecked and Abandoned Steam Vessel, 833 F.2d 1059, 1061 (1st Cir.1987). Without doubt the Dutch scholar also could not imagine legal brawls involving self-styled “finders” from Ohio, British and American insurance underwriters, an heir to the Miller Brewing fortune, a Texas oil millionaire, an Ivy League…
2Cases cited33 opinions
- First Nat. Bank of Ariz. v. Cities Service Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1968
- The BlackwallSupreme Court of the United States · 1870
- Martha's Vineyard Scuba Headquarters, Inc. v. The Unidentified, Wrecked and Abandoned Steam Vessel, Etc.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1987
- Mason v. Ship BlaireauSupreme Court of the United States · 1804
- Treasure Salvors, Inc. v. The Unidentified Wrecked And Abandoned Sailing VesselCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1978
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3Cited by97 opinions
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