Hayden v. New Orleans Baton Rouge Steamship Pilots Fee Commission

JiKNOLL, Justice.1

The issue before us is whether a majority decision of the pilotage fee commission is subject to the Louisiana Administrative Procedures Act (LAPA), La.R.S. 49:950, et seq. The trial court concluded that LAPA did not apply and, accordingly, it affirmed the majority decision of the Fee Commission. On appeal by the New Orleans Steamship Association and three industry-commissioners (the industry plaintiffs), the Court of Appeal, First Circuit, ultimately reversed the trial court and determined that because there is no specific legislation governing review of pilots’ fee…