Legal Opinion
Maher Terminals, LLC v. Port Authority of New York & New Jersey
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided October 1, 2015No. 14-3626PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
FISHER, Circuit Judge.
Although Maher Terminals, LLC (“Maher”) challenges the rent it must pay under its lease agreement (“the Lease”) with the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (“the Port Authority”), this case is not a typical landlord-tenant dispute. Maher, a landside marine terminal operator, asserts that the rent due under the Lease violates the U.S. Constitution’s Tonnage Clause, U.S. Const, art. I, § 10, cl. 3, as well as two related federal statutes, all of which historically have concerned taxes and fees imposed on vessels, their owners, and their…
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