Baltimore Import Car Service & Storage, Inc. v. Maryland Port Authority

Maryland Port Authority (the Authority) is a “body politic and corporate,” established by the General Assem bly in 1956, Maryland Code, 1957 (1968 Repl. Yol.) Art. 62 B (the Act). Among the powers with which the Authority is vested by § 5 of the Act are the powers:

“ (f) * * * To acquire, construct, reconstruct, rehabilitate, improve, maintain, lease as lessor or as lessee, repair and operate port facilities within its territorial jurisdiction, including the dredging of ship channels and turning basins and the filling and grading of land therefor, and to establish reasonable rules and…