Anderson v. Pacific Coast Steamship Co.
Supreme Court of the United States
CERTIFICATE FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT. The certificate in these cases is as follows: “The libels in the'above cases involve the question of power of a State to make pilotage regulations for certain classes of registered sea going steam vessels when entering and leaving harbors within the confines of the State.
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CERTIFICATE FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT. The certificate in these cases is as follows: “The libels in the'above cases involve the question of power of a State to make pilotage regulations for certain classes of registered sea going steam vessels when entering and leaving harbors within the confines of the State. “The steamers ‘Queen’ and ‘Umatilla’ were regularly-sailing under register and were either on a voyage from the port of San Francisco in the State of California to a United States port on Puget Sound or from a United States port on Puget Sound to said port…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Hughes
When the Constitution of the United States was adopted; each State had its own regulations of pilotage. While this subject was embraced within the grant of the power “to regulate commerce with foreign nations, 'and among the several States” (Art. I, § 8), Congress did not supersede the state legislation, but by the act of August 7, 1789, c. 9, § 4 (1 Stat. 53, 54; R. S., § 4235), it was enacted that “all pilots in the bays, inlets, rivers, harbors, and ports of the United States, shall continue to be regulated in conformity with the existing laws of the States respectively wherein such pilots…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Logan v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1892
- Cooley v. Board of Wardens of Port of Philadelphia Ex Rel. Soc. for Relief of Distressed PilotsSupreme Court of the United States · 1852
- Steamship Co. v. JoliffeSupreme Court of the United States · 1865
- Ex Parte McNielSupreme Court of the United States · 1872
- United States v. RyderSupreme Court of the United States · 1884
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