District Court, S.D. Florida October 2, 1981, 79-8266-Civ-JLK (Cobb Coin Co. v. Unidentified, Wrecked & Abandoned Sailing Vessel)

ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFF’S MOTION FOR PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION

JAMES LAWRENCE KING, District Judge.

HISTORICAL INTRODUCTION

In the early eighteenth century, Spain’s dominions extended over one third of the known world. The King of Spain annually sent two fleets of ships to the New World to bring back the wealth of the Americas.