Tidewater Salvage, Inc., an Oregon Corporation v. Weyerhaeuser Company, a Washington Corporation, Tidewater Salvage, Inc., an Oregon Corporation v. Weyerhaeuser Company, a Washington Corporation

633 F.2d 1304 TIDEWATER SALVAGE, INC., an Oregon Corporation, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. WEYERHAEUSER COMPANY, a Washington Corporation, Defendant-Appellant. TIDEWATER SALVAGE, INC., an Oregon Corporation, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. WEYERHAEUSER COMPANY, a Washington Corporation, Defendant-Appellee. Nos. 79-4104, 79-4135. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Nov. 6, 1980. Decided Dec. 11, 1980. 1 William A. McDaniel, Coos Bay, Or., argued, for defendant-appellant; Paul L. Roess, Newhouse, Foss, Whitty & Roess, Coos Bay, Or., on brief. 2 Raymond J. Conboy, Pozzi, Wilson, Atchinson, Kahn & O'Leary, Portland, Or., for plaintiff-appellee. 3 Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Oregon. 4 Before HUG and REINHARDT, Circuit Judges, and SMITH, * District Judge. RUSSELL E. SMITH, District Judge: 5 The district court awarded salvage to Tidewater Salvage, Inc. (Tidewater) for salving logs owned by Weyerhaeuser Company (Weyerhaeuser) and found floating in Coos Bay, a navigable water of the United States. It denied an award claimed by Tidewater for logs found stranded on the beaches of Coos Bay. Weyerhaeuser has appealed from the award…