SEA HUNT v. UNIDENTIFIED, SHIPWRECKED VESSEL

No. 2:98CV281.

47 F.Supp.2d 678 (1999)

SEA HUNT, INC., Plaintiff, v. THE UNIDENTIFIED, SHIPWRECKED VESSEL OR VESSELS, their apparel, tackle, appurtenances, and cargo located within coordinates 38 degrees 01'36" North Latitude, 75 degrees 14'33" West Longitude; 37 degrees 57'21" North Latitude, 75 degrees 13'00" West Longitude; 38 degrees 01'36" North Latitude, 75 degrees 13'14" West Longitude; 37 degrees 57'33" North Latitude, 75 degrees 17'44" West Longitude and/or 37 degrees 55'00" North Latitude, 75 degrees 19'18" West Longitude; 37 degrees 54'09" North Latitude, 75 degrees 17'00" West Longitude; 37 degrees 51'21" North Latitude, 75 degrees 18'52" West Longitude; 37 degrees 51'20" North Latitude, 75 degrees 21'05" West Longitude, in rem, Defendants.

United States District Court, E.D. Virginia, Norfolk Division.

April 27, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Anthony F. Troy, Mays & Valentine, Richmond, Virginia, David Kegebein Suteland Mays & Valentine, Norfolk, VA, Peter E. Hess, Wilmington, Delaware, David J. Bederman, Emory University School of Law, Gambrell Hall, Atlanta, Georgia, for plaintiff/counter defendant.

Lawrence R. Leonard, Office of the U.S. Attorney, Norfolk, VA, Barbara B. O'Malley, Department of Justice, Torts Branch, Civil Division, for amicus curiae United States.

George Robert Leach, Williamsburg, VA, for claimants Alpha Quest Corp. and Richard L. Cook.

Ralph Montgomery Muoio, James A. Goold, Covington and Burling, Washington, D.C., for claimant Kingdom of Spain.


OPINION AND ORDER

CLARKE, District Judge.

This case is currently before the Court on Plaintiff Sea Hunt, Inc.'s Motion for Partial Judgement on the Pleadings and Claimant Kingdom of Spain's Motion for Summary Judgement. This matter is a dispute over the status of two shipwrecked vessels believed to be the remains of the Spanish vessels JUNO and LA GALGA, which were sunk in 1802 and 1750, respectively. Plaintiff Sea Hunt, Inc. ("Sea Hunt"), a maritime...

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