Legal Opinion
Maritime Underwater Surveys, Inc. v. The Unidentified, Wrecked and Abandoned Sailing Vessel, Her Tackle, Etc.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided September 9, 1983No. 83-1245PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LEVIN H. CAMPBELL, Chief Judge.
Maritime Underwater Surveys, Inc. (Maritime), a Delaware corporation, appeals from the dismissal of its in rem admiralty action.
In November, 1982, after years of archival investigation and an expensive and dangerous ocean search, Maritime confirmed the find of a wrecked and abandoned sailing vessel one quarter mile off the beach at Wellfleet, Massachusetts. The vessel lies in fourteen feet of water, under five feet of sand. Maritime has tentatively identified the wreck as the Whidah, a notorious pirate ship which foundered off the Cape Cod coast in April, 1717.
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2Cases cited8 opinions
- Ex Parte YoungSupreme Court of the United States · 1908
- Ex Parte State of New York, No. 1Supreme Court of the United States · 1921
- Florida Department of State v. Treasure Salvors, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1982
- Ex Parte State of New York, No. 2Supreme Court of the United States · 1921
- Cobb Coin Co. v. Unidentified, Wrecked & Abandoned Sailing VesselDistrict Court, S.D. Florida · 1982
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3Cited by22 opinions
- California v. Deep Sea Research, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1998
- Joan F. Lane, D/B/A Lane & Co. v. The First National Bank of BostonCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1989
- Zych v. Wrecked Vessel Believed to be The "Lady Elgin"Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1992
- Marx v. Government of GuamCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1989
- Jupiter Wreck, Inc. v. the Unidentified, Wrecked & Abandoned Sailing VesselDistrict Court, S.D. Florida · 1988
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