Legal Opinion
Kotch v. Board of River Port Pilot Com'rs
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided February 11, 1946No. 37809PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ROGERS, Justice.
Plaintiffs hold first class pilot licenses from the United States Government and are experienced pilots on the Mississippi River and other waters. They brought this suit against the Board of River Port Pilot Commissioners for the Port of New Orleans and the individual members thereof to have Act 54 of 1908, as amended by Act 134 of 1942, under which the defendant Board was created and is operating, declared to be Unconstitutional and to have its enforcement enjoined; or, in the alternative, to have the amendatory act declared to be unconstitutional and to have its enforcement…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Yick Wo v. HopkinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
- Cooley v. Board of Wardens of Port of Philadelphia Ex Rel. Soc. for Relief of Distressed PilotsSupreme Court of the United States · 1852
- Ex Parte McNielSupreme Court of the United States · 1872
- Anderson v. Pacific Coast Steamship Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1912
- Olsen v. SmithSupreme Court of the United States · 1904
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3Cited by26 opinions
- Kotch v. Board of River Port Pilot Comm'rs for Port of New OrleansSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
- Polk v. EdwardsSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1993
- TEACHERS'RETIREMENT SYSTEM OF LOUISIANA v. VialSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1975
- Knapp v. Jefferson-Plaquemines Drainage Dist.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1953
- City of Natchitoches v. StateLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1969
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