Martha's Vineyard Scuba Headquarters, Inc. v. The Unidentified, Wrecked and Abandoned Steam Vessel, Etc.

U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit · Decided 1987-11-24

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SELYA, 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. To the exact contrary of what the Dutch scholar had blithesomely predicted, the petitioner-appellant in this case, Martha’s Vineyard Scuba Headqu…

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