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THE PUERTO RICO PORTS AUTH. v. UMPIERRE-SOLARES

No. 05-1637.

456 F.3d 220 (2006)

THE PUERTO RICO PORTS AUTHORITY (Autoridad De Los Puertos De Puerto Rico), Plaintiff, Appellant, Miguel Soto-Lacourt, Plaintiff, v. Jose Alberto UMPIERRE-SOLARES; Divers Service Center, Inc.; Milton Andrews-Figueroa; Milton Andrews Crane Services, Inc., Defendants, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided July 27, 2006.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward W. Hill-Tollinche, with whom Quiñones Sánchez & Guzmán, P.S.C., Humberto Guzman-Rodriguez, and Tessie Leal-Garabis were on brief, for appellant.

Lorenzo J. Palomares, with whom Lorenzo Palomores, P.S.C. was on brief, for appellees.

Before SELYA, LIPEZ, and HOWARD, Circuit Judges.

LIPEZ, Circuit Judge.

Resolved in the district court on the basis of its admiralty jurisdiction, this case involves a contract dispute over the disposal of a sunken ship. We must decide whether the district court had admiralty jurisdiction over this matter and, if so, whether the district court correctly ruled that the relief sought by the Puerto Rico Ports Authority ("PRPA") was barred by the doctrine of laches. Because we answer both questions in the affirmative...

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