TREASURE SALVORS, INC. v. ABANDONED SAILING VESSEL

No. 75-1416-Civ-WM.

408 F.Supp. 907 (1976)

TREASURE SALVORS, INC., a corporation, and Armada Research Corp., a corporation, Plaintiffs, v. The Unidentified Wrecked and ABANDONED SAILING VESSEL, Her Tackle, Armament, Apparel and Cargo Located within 2500 Yards of a Point at Coordinates 24° 31.5' North Latitude and 82° 20' West Longitude, Said Sailing Vessel is BELIEVED TO BE THE NUESTRA SENORA DE ATOCHA, Defendant.

United States District Court, S. D. Florida.

As Amended February 4, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David Paul Horan, Key West, Fla., and Joshua M. Morse, III, Tallahassee, Fla., for plaintiffs.

Bruce C. Rashkow, Michael W. Reed, Attys., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., Robert W. Rust, U. S. Atty., Miami, Fla., for defendant.


ORDER OF SUMMARY JUDGMENT

MEHRTENS, Senior District Judge.

This cause came before the Court upon Plaintiff's Motion For Summary Judgment. The Defendant/Intervenor, the United States of America, has submitted an opposing memorandum of law. The sole issue to be resolved by this Court is whether the provisions of the Antiquities Act, 16 U.S.C. §§ 432, 433, or of the Abandoned Property Act, 40 U.S.C. § 310, are applicable to the salvage of a ship...

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