Legal Opinion
Cobb Coin Co. v. Unidentified, Wrecked & Abandoned Sailing Vessel
District Court, S.D. Florida
Decided August 31, 1982No. 79-8266-Civ-JLKPublishedCited by 41 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION CONTAINING FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW
JAMES LAWRENCE KING, District Judge.
The cultural heritage of the western world, the colonial appetite of the Spanish Empire, nearly three centuries of man’s timeless quest for wealth and adventure, and the distribution of authority in the American Federalist legal system are all substantially intertwined in this litigation. This is an admiralty suit by a treasure salvor, Cobb Coin Company, to be declared owner in possession of a wrecked eighteenth century Spanish treasure galleon, or alternatively for an award for salvage…
2Cases cited30 opinions
- Ex Parte YoungSupreme Court of the United States · 1908
- Edelman v. JordanSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Hutto v. FinneySupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Alabama v. PughSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Larson v. Domestic and Foreign Commerce Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1949
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3Cited by41 opinions
- Joan M. Klein v. The Unidentified Wrecked and Abandoned Sailing Vessel, Etc.Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1985
- Maritime Underwater Surveys, Inc. v. The Unidentified, Wrecked and Abandoned Sailing Vessel, Her Tackle, Etc.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1983
- Keenan v. Washington Metropolitan Area Transit AuthorityDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 1986
- Columbus-America Discovery Group, Inc. v. Unidentified, Wrecked & Abandoned Sailing VesselDistrict Court, E.D. Virginia · 1990
- Marx v. Government of GuamCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1989
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