ODYSSEY MARINE v. UNIDENTIFIED SHIPWRECKED VESSEL

Nos. 10-10269, 10-10317, 10-10318, 10-10319, 10-10320, 10-10374 and 10-10375.

657 F.3d 1159 (2011)

ODYSSEY MARINE EXPLORATION, INC., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. The UNIDENTIFIED SHIPWRECKED VESSEL, its apparel, tackle, appurtenances and cargo located within center point coordinates, In Rem., Defendant, Kingdom of Spain, Claimant-Appellee, Republic of Peru, Gonzalo De Aliaga, the Count of San Juan de Lurigancho, Agustin De Aliaga, the current Marques de Zelada del Fuente, Gonzalo Alvarez Del Villar, et al., Claimants. Odyssey Marine Exploration, Inc., Plaintiff, v. The Unidentified Shipwrecked Vessel, its apparel, tackle, appurtenances and cargo located within center point coordinates, In Rem., Defendant, Gonzalo De Aliaga, the Count of San Juan de Lurigancho, Agustin De Aliaga, the current Marques de Zelada del Fuente, Gonzalo Alvarez Del Villar, Ignacio De Colmenares, the 11th Count of Polentinos, Alberto Emilio Thiessen, Enriqueta Pita Duthurburu, Flora Leonor Perales Calderon De Colmenares, Felipe Voyest, Adela Armida De Izcue Bazo, Carola Daireaux Kinsky, Eleonora Daireaux Kinsky, Matilde Daireaux Kinsky, Julio Vega Eurasquin, Inez Marquez Osorio, Javier De Goyeneche, the current Count of Guaqui and Marques de Villafuente, Juan Mariano De Goyeneche Y Silvela, the current Marques of Casa Davila, Claimants-Appellants, Kingdom of Spain, Claimant-Appellee. Odyssey Marine Exploration, Inc., Plaintiff, v. The Unidentified Shipwrecked Vessel, its apparel, tackle, appurtenances and cargo located within center point coordinates, In Rem., Defendant, Elsa Dorca Whitlock, f.k.a. Elsa Dorca Ruiz, Claimant-Appellant, Kingdom of Spain, Claimant-Appellee. Odyssey Marine Exploration, Inc., Plaintiff, v. The Unidentified Shipwrecked Vessel, its apparel, tackle, appurtenances and cargo located within center point coordinates, In Rem., Defendant, Republic of Peru, Claimant-Appellant, Kingdom of Spain, Claimant-Appellee. Odyssey Marine Exploration, Inc., Plaintiff, v. The Unidentified Shipwrecked Vessel, its apparel, tackle, appurtenances and cargo located within center point coordinates, In Rem., Defendant, Santiago De Alvear, Emilio De Alvear, Maria Eugenia Solveyra, Alejandro Julian Pera Barthé, Agustina Solveyra, Ignacio Solveyra, Claimants-Appellants, Kingdom of Spain, Claimant-Appellee. Odyssey Marine Exploration, Inc., Plaintiff, v. The Unidentified Shipwrecked Vessel, its apparel, tackle, appurtenances and cargo located within center point coordinates, In Rem., Defendant, Dr. Jaime Durand Palacios, Claimant-Appellant, Kingdom of Spain, Claimant-Appellee. Odyssey Marine Exploration, Inc., Plaintiff, v. The Unidentified Shipwrecked Vessel, its apparel, tackle, appurtenances and cargo located within center point coordinates, In Rem., Defendant, Jose Antonio Rodriguez-Menendez, a.k.a. Joseph Anthony Rodriguez, Claimant-Appellant, Kingdom of Spain, Claimant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

September 21, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David Jeremy Bederman , Emory University School of Law, Atlanta, GA, Melinda J. MacConnel , Odyssey Marine Exploration, Carl R. Nelson , Fowler, White, Boggs, PA, Eric Christopher Thiel , Allen Von Spiegelfeld, Banker, Lopez, Gassler, PA, Tampa, FL, John D. Kimball , Blank Rome, LLP, New York City, for Plaintiff-Appellant Odyssey Marine Exploration, Inc.

James A. Goold , Enrique Armijo , Jose E. Arvelo , Covington & Burling, LLP, Washington, DC, David Christopher Banker , Keith Dennis Skorewicz, Bush Ross, PA, Tampa, FL, for Claimant-Appellee Kingdom of Spain.

David Peter Buehler , Law Office of David P. Buehler, Richmond, VA, R. Jeffrey Stull , Tampa, FL, Sharon Swingle , Civ. Div.-App. Staff, Barbara B. O'Malley , U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, DC, for U.S. Congress and U.S., Amici Curiae.

David Paul Horan , Horan, Wallace & Higgins, LLP, Key West, FL, Jeffrey Carter Andersen , Bush Ross, PA, Tampa, FL, for Claimants-Appellants in No. 10-10317.

William VanDercreek , Marlow V. White, Jr., Lewis & White, PLC, Tallahassee, FL, for Claimant-Appellant in No. 10-10318.

Guy E. Burnette, Jr. , Guy E. Burnette Jr., PA, Marlow V. White , Lewis & White, PLC, Tallahassee, FL, Mark Maney , Burford & Maney, PC, Houston, TX, John McLaughlin , Wagner, Vaughan & McLaughlin, PA, Timothy P. Shusta , Phelps Dunbar, LLP, Tampa, FL, Jose Antonio Rodriguez-Menendez , Davie, FL, for Service in No. 10-10318.

Jeremy Gaston , Burford & Maney, LLP, Houston, TX, for Claimant-Appellant Republic of Peru in No. 10-10319.

Matthew P. Farmer , Farmer & Fitzgerald, PA, Tampa, FL, for Claimants-Appellants in No. 10-10320.

Jose Antonio Rodriguez-Menendez , Davie, FL, pro se, in No. 10-10375.

Before HULL, BLACK and STAPLETON, Circuit Judges.


BLACK, Circuit Judge:

In 2007, Odyssey Marine Exploration, Inc. (Odyssey) discovered the remains of a 19th Century Spanish vessel in international waters west of the Straits of Gibraltar. Odyssey filed a verified admiralty complaint in rem against the shipwrecked vessel and its cargo in the Middle District of Florida and also sought a warrant of arrest. The Kingdom of Spain (Spain), the Republic of Peru (Peru), and...

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