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STATE OF FLA., DEPT. OF STATE v. TREASURE SALVORS

No. 78-2950.

621 F.2d 1340 (1980)

In re STATE OF FLORIDA, DEPARTMENT OF STATE, Petitioner-Appellant, v. TREASURE SALVORS, INC., a corporation, and Armada Research Corp., a corporation, Plaintiffs-Appellees, The Unidentified Wrecked and Abandoned Sailing Vessel, etc., Defendant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

July 24, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bernard S. McLendon, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen. of Fla., Jacksonville, Fla., for petitioner-appellant.

David P. Horan, Key West, Fla., for plaintiffs-appellees.

Before GEWIN, RUBIN and SAM D. JOHNSON, Circuit Judges.

SAM D. JOHNSON, Circuit Judge:

This appeal offers this Court its second opportunity to determine ownership rights in artifacts recovered from the Spanish vessel, Atocha. In this Court's first opinion, Treasure Salvors, Inc. v. Unidentified Wrecked and Abandoned Sailing Vessel, 569 F.2d 330 (5th Cir. 1978) (hereinafter Treasure Salvors I), it was held that Treasure Salvors and Armada Research Corp.

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