Deep Sea Research, Inc. v. The Brother Jonathan

89 F.3d 680 1996 A.M.C. 2234 , 96 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 5264 , 96 Daily Journal D.A.R. 8549 DEEP SEA RESEARCH, INC., Plaintiff-Appellee, v. The BROTHER JONATHAN, her Appurtenances, furniture, cargo, etc., Defendant, and State of California; State Lands Commission, Defendants-Intervenors-Appellants, United States of America, Defendant-Intervenor. No. 95-15693. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Feb. 13, 1996. Decided July 17, 1996. Joseph Rusconi, Linus Masouredis, Deputy Attorneys General, Oakland, California, for defendant-intervenor-appellant State of California. Peter Pelkofer, California State Lands Commission, Sacramento, California, for defendant-intervenor-appellant California State Lands Commission. Fletcher Alford, Gordon & Rees, San Francisco, California, for plaintiff-appellee. Barbara B. O'Malley, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for defendant-intervenor United States of America. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of California, Louis Charles Bechtle, District Judge, Presiding. D.C. No. CV-91-03899-LCB. Before: SCHROEDER, D.W. NELSON and KOZINSKI, Circuit Judges. D.W. NELSON,…