Legal Opinion
St. Lawrence Seaway Pilots Ass'n v. U.S. COAST GD.
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided February 19, 2019No. Case No. 17-cv-2203 (CRC)PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CHRISTOPHER R. COOPER, United States District Judge
Under federal law, a foreign-owned shipping vessel must use the services of a *32registered, experienced American or Canadian seaway pilot to navigate the Great Lakes or the St. Lawrence Seaway. The United States Coast Guard is responsible for setting the rates that foreign shipping companies must pay these pilots. To ensure that the rates adequately reimburse pilots associations for the cost of doing business, the Coast Guard must account for their operating expenses. In 2016, the Coast Guard announced that it would no longer recognize legal…
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