Portland Pipe Line Corp. v. City of S. Portland

JOHN A. WOODCOCK, JR., UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

A pipeline operator challenges a local ordinance prohibiting loading crude oil onto tankers and new structures for that purpose on the grounds that it is preempted under numerous federal and state laws, that it violates the Commerce Clause of the United States Constitution, that it violates the business's civil rights, its due process rights, its right to avoid improper delegation, its right to equal protection under the law, and that it violates the City's own comprehensive plan.

Before the Court are Plaintiffs' Motion for Summary Judgment…