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B.V. BUREAU WIJSMULLER v. UNITED STATES

Nos. 69, 133, Dockets 82-6050, 82-6090.

702 F.2d 333 (1983)

B.V. BUREAU WIJSMULLER, Plaintiff-Appellant-Cross-Appellee, v. The UNITED STATES of America, Defendant-Appellee-Cross-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided March 2, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard M. Ziccardi, New York City (Gordon W. Paulsen and Curtis E. Pew, Haight, Gardner, Poor & Havens, New York City, of counsel), for plaintiff-appellant-cross-appellee.

Janis G. Schulmeisters, New York City (J. Paul McGrath, Asst. Atty. Gen., Washington, D.C., and John S. Martin, Jr., U.S. Atty., S.D.N.Y., New York City, of counsel), for defendant-appellee-cross-appellant.

Before LUMBARD, CARDAMONE and WINTER, Circuit Judges.

CARDAMONE, Circuit Judge:

The law of salvage is a concept with roots deeply embedded in antiquity. We are called upon to apply this old and venerable law to a case involving modern shipping. On this appeal we review the propriety of a $500,000 award for salvage services to which the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (Goettel, J.) added $135,000 as an "equitable uplift." Our reasons for affirming follow.

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