Legal Opinion
Interport Pilots Agency, Inc. v. Sammis
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided January 10, 1994No. Nos. 454, 643, Dockets 93-7499L, 93-7573XAPPublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JACOBS, Circuit Judge:
On this appeal this Court has occasion for the first time to construe the Federal Boundary Waters Act, enacted in 1837 and codified in its current version at 46 U.S.C. § 8501(b) (1989) (the “boundary statute”). The boundary statute allows vessels entering or leaving a port on waters that are a boundary between two states to use a pilot licensed by either state. Connecticut-licensed pilots assert a right under the boundary statute to pilot ships to New York ports on Long Island Sound, and are protesting their treatment at the hands of New York authorities, who claim that…
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