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PLATORO LTD., INC. v. UNIDENTIFIED REMAINS OF A VESSEL

No. 74-1540.

508 F.2d 1113 (1975)

PLATORO LIMITED, INC., Plaintiff-Appellee-Cross-Appellant, v. The UNIDENTIFIED REMAINS OF A VESSEL, her cargo, etc., Defendants, State of Texas, Movant-Appellant-Cross-Appellee, Jefferson T. Burke and Billy Russell Algoe, Intervenors-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

February 27, 1975.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John L. Hill, Atty. Gen. of Tex., Larry F. York, First Asst. Atty. Gen., Elizabeth Levatino, Austin, Tex., for movant-appellant.

Thomas G. Sharpe, Jr., Brownsville, Tex., for Platoro Limited.

Roger Butler, Robston, Tex., Gordon L. Briscoe, Harlingen, Tex., Eduardo Roberto Rodriguez, Brownsville, Tex., for Jefferson T. Burke, and others.

Before THORNBERRY, MORGAN and CLARK, Circuit Judges.

THORNBERRY, Circuit Judge:

In 1555 several Spanish vessels sank off the coast of Padre Island, Texas, in the Gulf of Mexico during a hurricane. The wreckage remained there practically undisturbed until September 9, 1967.1 On that date Platoro Limited, Inc., an Indiana corporation, began operations to recover the remains of the vessels. Platoro successfully located some artifacts, and, as the...

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