TIDEWATER SALVAGE, INC. v. WEYERHAEUSER CO.

Nos. 79-4104, 79-4135.

633 F.2d 1304 (1980)

TIDEWATER SALVAGE, INC., an Oregon Corporation, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. WEYERHAEUSER COMPANY, a Washington Corporation, Defendant-Appellant. TIDEWATER SALVAGE, INC., an Oregon Corporation, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. WEYERHAEUSER COMPANY, a Washington Corporation, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided December 11, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William A. McDaniel, Coos Bay, Or., argued, for defendant-appellant; Paul L. Roess, Newhouse, Foss, Whitty & Roess, Coos Bay, Or., on brief.

Raymond J. Conboy, Pozzi, Wilson, Atchinson, Kahn & O'Leary, Portland, Or., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before HUG and REINHARDT, Circuit Judges, and SMITH, District Judge.


RUSSELL E. SMITH, District Judge:

The district court awarded salvage to Tidewater Salvage, Inc. (Tidewater) for salving logs owned by Weyerhaeuser Company (Weyerhaeuser) and found floating in Coos Bay, a navigable water of the United States. It denied an award claimed by Tidewater for logs found stranded on the beaches of Coos Bay. Weyerhaeuser has appealed from the award of salvage as to the floating logs, and Tidewater has cross-appealed from the denial of salvage...

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