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MARTHA'S VINEYARD SCUBA HQ. v. UNIDENTIFIED VESSEL

No. 87-1281.

833 F.2d 1059 (1987)

MARTHA'S VINEYARD SCUBA HEADQUARTERS, INC., Plaintiff, Appellant, v. The UNIDENTIFIED, WRECKED AND ABANDONED STEAM VESSEL, etc., et al., Defendants, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided November 24, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dean E. Cycon, Providence, R.I., for plaintiff, appellant.

Leo G. Kailas with whom Armen R. Vartian was on brief for defendant, appellee Marshallton, Inc.

Before BOWNES, TORRUELLA and SELYA, Circuit Judges.

SELYA, Circuit Judge.

When Erasmus mused that "[a] common shipwreck is a source of consolation to all", Adagia, IV.iii.9 (1508), he quite likely did not foresee inconcinnate free-for-alls among self-styled salvors. To the exact contrary of what the Dutch scholar had blithesomely predicted, the petitioner-appellant in this case, Martha's Vineyard Scuba Headquarters, Inc. (Mavis), took not a particle of comfort when an order was entered in a federal district...

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