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UNITED STATES v. RAY

No. 27888.

423 F.2d 16 (1970)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee-Cross Appellant, v. Louis M. RAY and Acme General Contractors, Inc., Defendants-Appellants-Cross Appellees, Atlantis Development Corporation, Ltd., Intervenor-Appellant-Cross Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

As Modified April 10, 1970.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Louis W. Adams, Fort Lauderdale, Fla., J. Francis Hayden, New York City, for Atlantis Development Corp.

Charles E. Davis, Fishback, Davis, Dominick & Salfi, Orlando, Fla., for Louis M. Ray and Acme General Contractors, Inc.

Aaron A. Foosaner, First Asst. U. S. Atty., William A. Meadows, Jr., U. S. Atty., Miami, Fla., Shiro Kashiwa, Asst. Atty. Gen., George S. Swarth, Raymond N. Zagone, Jonathan I. Charney, Attys., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., for the United States; John R. Stevenson, Legal Adviser, Dept. of State, Washington, D. C., of counsel.

Before WISDOM, GEWIN and AINSWORTH, Circuit Judges.

AINSWORTH, Circuit Judge:

Triumph and Long Reefs are two coral reefs which lie in international waters about four and one-half miles off the southeast coast of Florida, near Miami, and are the subject of this interesting and fantastic controversy between two rival private claimants and the United States. To the District Court (Judge Charles B. Fulton), the case was reminiscent of a fairy tale.1

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