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Columbus-America Discovery Group, Inc. v. Unidentified, Wrecked & Abandoned Sailing Vessel
District Court, E.D. Virginia
Decided August 14, 1990No. Civ. A. 87-363-NPublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
KELLAM, Senior District Judge.
This admiralty action filed in this Court on May 27, 1987, is an outgrowth of the tragedy of the sea which occurred September 12, 1857, when the Central America sank in the Atlantic Ocean some 160 miles due East of Charleston, South Carolina, where the Gulf Stream meets the Sargasso Sea. She was said to be one of two luxury passenger ships making a run from Aspen-wall, Panama, to New York. She was a wooden-hulled, side-wheel steamship built in 1852. During the period prior to completion of the railroad from the East to the West Coast in 1869,…
2Cases cited41 opinions
- Chicago & North Western Transportation Co. v. Kalo Brick & Tile Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1981
- Dallas County v. Commercial Union Assurance Company, Ltd.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1961
- Jefferey Dale Ellis, Administrator of the Estate of Margaret Ann Ellis, Deceased v. International Playtex, Inc., a Delaware CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1984
- Martha's Vineyard Scuba Headquarters, Inc. v. The Unidentified, Wrecked and Abandoned Steam Vessel, Etc.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1987
- Treasure Salvors, Inc. v. The Unidentified Wrecked And Abandoned Sailing VesselCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1978
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3Cited by20 opinions
- Columbus-America Discovery Group v. Atlantic Mutual InsuranceCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1992
- Columbus-America Discovery Group v. Atlantic Mutual Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 2000
- Michael Williamson v. Recovery Limited PartnershipCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2016
- Moyer v. Wrecked & Abandoned VesselDistrict Court, D. New Jersey · 1993
- Zych v. Unidentified, Wrecked & Abandoned Vessel, Believed to Be the SB "Lady Elgin"District Court, N.D. Illinois · 1991
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