Columbus-America Discovery Group v. Atlantic Mutual Insurance

U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit · Decided 1992-08-26

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OPINION DONALD RUSSELL, 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.” Martha’s Vineyard Scuba HQ, Inc. v. The Unidentified, Wrecked and Abandoned Steam Vessel, <a href="/opinion/497956/m…

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