Legal Opinion
Treasure Salvors, Inc. v. Unidentified Wrecked & Abandoned Sailing Vessel
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided March 13, 1978No. 76-2151PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GEWIN, Circuit Judge:
Treasure Salvors, Inc., and Armada Research Corp., Florida corporations, sued for possession of and confirmation of title to an unidentified wrecked and abandoned vessel thought to be the Nuestra Señora de Ato-cha. The Atocha sank in the sea off the Marquesas Keys in 1622 while en route to Spain. The United States intervened, answered, and counterclaimed, asserting title to the vessel. Summary judgment was entered for the plaintiffs, 408 F.Supp. 907 (S.D.Fla.1976), and the government appealed. We modify the district court’s judgment, and affirm.
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