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MDM SALVAGE v. UNIDENTIFIED, W. & A. SAIL. VESSEL

Nos. 84-2256-Civ., 85-2702-Civ.

631 F.Supp. 308 (1986)

MDM SALVAGE, INC., Plaintiff, v. The UNIDENTIFIED, WRECKED AND ABANDONED SAILING VESSEL, etc., Defendant, v. ELIZABETH MASSEY INVESTMENT CORP., Intervening Plaintiff, v. Robert JORDAN, Intervening Plaintiff. ELIZABETH MASSEY INVESTMENT CORP., Plaintiff, v. The UNIDENTIFIED, WRECKED, AND ABANDONED SAILING VESSEL, etc., Defendant, v. MDM SALVAGE, INC., Intervening Plaintiff, v. Robert JORDAN, Intervening Plaintiff.

United States District Court, S.D. Florida, Key West Division.

March 24, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Martin Lindahl, Coral Gables, Fla., for MDM Salvage, Inc.

Rick G. Bannon, Key West, Fla., for Elizabeth Massey Inv. Corp.

Gerhardt A. Schreiber, Coral Gables, Fla., for Robert Jordan.

MEMORANDUM OPINION CONTAINING FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW

ARONOVITZ, District Judge.

Rival salvors, perhaps more accurately described as modern day treasure hunters, are herein litigating their respective rights to salvage what they believe to be one or more Spanish ship wrecks dating from the 1730s in an area known as "Coffins Patch," lying seaward of Marathon, Florida.

BACKGROUND

MDM Salvage, Inc. (MDM), has claimed a triangular...

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