Legal Opinion
Bridgeport and Port Jefferson Steamboat Co. v. Bridgeport Port Authority
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided May 29, 2009No. Docket 08-3886-cvPublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JON O. NEWMAN, Circuit Judge.
This appeal concerns the constitutionality of a fee imposed on passengers traveling by ferry from Bridgeport, Connecticut, across Long Island Sound to Port Jefferson, New York. The fee is alleged to violate the Commerce Clause, the constitutional right to travel, and the rarely litigated Tonnage Clause, as well as federal and state statutes. The Defendant-Appellant Bridgeport Port Authority (“BPA”) appeals from the July 8, 2008, judgment of the District Court for the District of Connecticut (Christopher F. Droney, District Judge), in a suit brought by the…
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