Legal Opinion
Treasure Salvors, Inc. v. Unidentified Wrecked & Abandoned Sailing Vessel
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided March 9, 1981No. 80-5067PublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RANDALL, Circuit Judge:
This appeal marks the third time that Treasure Salvors and its efforts to retrieve treasure from the remains of the Spanish sailing vessel, Nuestra Señora de Atocha, have been before this court. The Nuestra Señora de Atocha sank off the coast of Florida in 1622 while carrying gold and silver bullion from Havana to Cadiz.1 In 1971 Treasure Salvors located an anchor from the Atocha; since then, Treasure Salvors has continued to conduct salvage operations in the wreck area and has retrieved gold and silver bullion, artifacts and armaments.
The first legal battle over…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- The Canal Authority of the State of Florida v. Howard H. Callaway, Secretary of the United States Army, the Cross-Florida Canal Association v. Howard H. Callaway, Secretary of the United States Army, Eleanor H. Miller v. Avery S. Fullerton, Environmental Defense Fund, Inc. v. Corps of Engineers of the United States Army, J. G. Perko v. The Canal Authority of the State of Florida, Etc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1974
- Veronica Lewis, Individually Etc., Naomi Barry Pottinger, Individually, Etc., Vincent Lewis, Daisy Llewellyn, and Margaret Clark, Individually, Etc. v. S. S. Baune, in the Matter of Skibs A/s Baumare and Torvald Klaveness, as Owner Andmanaging Owner of the S/s Baune, Petitioning for Exoneration From or Limitationof Liability v. Phyllis Hoyt, Claimants-AppelleesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1976
- Pershing Auto Rentals, Inc. v. William C. GaffneyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1960
- 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 by37 opinions
- Treasure Salvors, Inc. v. The Unidentified Wrecked And Abandoned Sailing Vessel, Etc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1981
- Coastal (Bermuda) Ltd. v. E.W. Saybolt & Co., Inc., Third Party and Equity Shipping Corp., Third PartyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1985
- Allen v. Okam Holdings, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1997
- Cobb Coin Co. v. Unidentified, Wrecked & Abandoned Sailing VesselDistrict Court, S.D. Florida · 1981
- Petroleos Mexicanos Refinacion v. M/t King a (Ex-Tbilisi), Her Engines, Boilers, Etc., in Rem by King David Shipping Co., Ltd.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2004
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