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PLATORO LTD. v. UNIDENTIFIED REMAINS OF A VESSEL

No. A-77-CA-112.

518 F.Supp. 816 (1981)

PLATORO LIMITED, INC. v. The UNIDENTIFIED REMAINS OF A VESSEL, her cargo, apparel, tackle, and furniture in a cause of salvage, civil and maritime.

United States District Court, W. D. Texas, Austin Division.

May 6, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jack Sanchez, Brownsville, Gordon L. Briscoe, Harlingen, for plaintiff.

Connie Ode and Paul R. Gavia, Asst. Attys. Gen., Austin, Tex., James Parker, San Antonio, Tex., for defendant.

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

BUNTON, District Judge.

This is a proceeding in rem brought by Platoro, Ltd., Inc., Salvors, under the admiralty jurisdiction of this Court for title to the res found under the maritime law of finds or, alternatively, for title as a salvage award for services rendered in the recovery of certain artifacts from a 16th century Spanish galleon found in Texas' territorial gulf waters. The State of Texas appeared originally in this...

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