SINDIA EXPEDITION v. WRECKED AND ABANDONED VESSEL

Civ. A. No. 86-2889(SSB).

710 F.Supp. 1020 (1989)

The SINDIA EXPEDITION, INC., Plaintiff, v. The WRECKED AND ABANDONED VESSEL, KNOWN AS "THE SINDIA," which ran aground off Ocean City, N.J., her tackle, armament, apparel, and cargo located within 3,000 yards of a point at coordinates 74° 35' 12" West Longitude and 39° 16' 00" North Latitude, et al., Defendant.

United States District Court, D. New Jersey.

May 5, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter E. Hess, Wilmington, Del., and David Paul Horan & Associates, P.A. by David Paul Horan, Key West, Fla., for plaintiff.

Clark, Ladner, Fortenbaugh & Young by Edward V. Cattell, Haddonfield, N.J., for Seaview Beach Condominium Assoc., Inc.

Office of the Atty. Gen. by John M. Van Dalen, Deputy Atty. Gen., Trenton, N.J., for State of N.J.

Saiber, Schlesinger, Satz & Goldstein by Robin B. Horn, Newark, N.J., for Noreaster Marine Salvage L.P.

Kirlin, Campbell & Keating by Cary R. Wiener, Caldwell, N.J., for McHale, Kissane & Pennypacker.


OPINION

BROTMAN, District Judge.

I. INTRODUCTION

For almost eighty-five years, the vessel THE SINDIA rested quietly in its watery grave, three thousand yards off the beach in Ocean City, New Jersey.1 Litigation began to brew on July 25, 1986, however, when The Sindia Expedition, Inc., ("The Expedition") commenced this in rem proceeding in admiralty against THE SINDIA...

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