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PLATORO LTD., INC. v. UNIDENTIFIED REMAINS, ETC.

No. 81-1257.

695 F.2d 893 (1983)

PLATORO LIMITED, INC., Plaintiff-Appellee, Jefferson T. Burke and Billy Russell Algoe, Intervenors-Appellees, v. The UNIDENTIFIED REMAINS OF A VESSEL, HER CARGO, APPAREL, TACKLE, AND FURNITURE, IN A CAUSE OF SALVAGE, CIVIL AND MARITIME, Defendant, State of Texas, Claimant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied February 17, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Connie Ode, Asst. Atty. Gen., Austin, Tex., James F. Parker, San Antonio, Tex., for claimant-appellant.

Joseph W. McKnight, Dallas, Tex., for amicus curiae Advisory Council on Underwater Archaeology, et al.

O'Leary, Sanchez & Benton, John Donald Sanchez, Dennis Sanchez, Brownsville, Tex., for plaintiff-appellee.

Gordon L. Brisco, Harlingen, Tex., for Burke and Algoe.

Before BROWN, WISDOM and RANDALL, Circuit Judges.

RANDALL, Circuit Judge:

This case arises out of a dispute between the State of Texas and Platoro, Ltd., a corporation organized to find and recover treasure from ancient shipwrecks, over the results of a successful operation by Platoro. The two parties have been in litigation over this operation since the late 1960s, and this appeal marks their third appearance in this court. We are unfortunately unable to put an end to the controversy here: while we affirm in part...

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