Interport Pilots Agency, Inc. v. Sammis

OPINION AND ORDER

SPATT, District Judge.

Whether the federal “boundary statute” and New York’s Navigation Law together permit Connecticut-licensed pilots to navigate their vessels through the Long Island Sound, into or out of ports located in New York on the north shore of Long Island, is the gravamen of the present controversy. Claiming entitlement to do so prompted these Connecticut pilots to commence this declaratory judgment action to finally settle the issue between them and the State of New York.

The plaintiffs move pursuant to Fed. R.Civ.P. 56(a) for partial summary judgment on their…