Legal Opinion
New Orleans Steamship Ass'n v. Plaquemines Port, Harbor & Terminal District
District Court, E.D. Louisiana
Decided June 15, 1988No. Civ. A. 87-2548PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
SEAR, District Judge.
This action by the New Orleans Steamship Association (NOSA), a non-profit organization of owners, stevedores, and vessel agents, challenges the port and harbor dues imposed by the Plaquemines Port, Harbor and Terminal District (the Port) on the grounds that they violate the Harbor Development and Navigation Improvement Act of 1986, 33 U.S.C.A. secs. 2231-2241; the statute admitting Louisiana into the Union, 33 U.S.C.A. sec. 10; the U.S. Constitution, Art. I, sec. 10, cl. 2 (prohibiting imposts or duties on imports or exports); the U.S. Constitution, Art. I, sec. 10, cl. 3…
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3Cited by1 opinion
- New Orleans Steamship Association v. Plaquemines Port, Harbor and Terminal DistrictCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1989