Legal Opinion
Martha's Vineyard Scuba Headquarters, Inc. v. The Unidentified, Wrecked and Abandoned Steam Vessel, Etc.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided November 24, 1987No. 87-1281PublishedCited by 99 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SELYA, 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. To the exact contrary of what the Dutch scholar had blithesomely predicted, the petitioner-appellant in this case, Martha’s Vineyard Scuba Headquarters, Inc. (Mavis), took not a particle of comfort when an order was entered in a federal district court awarding title to various artifacts retrieved from a sunken ship to a rival, Marshallton, Inc. (Marshall-ton). Mavis appeals. We…
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