Legal Opinion
Esso Standard Oil Co. v. Crescent River Port Pilots Ass'n
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided April 21, 1958No. 43741PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PONDER, Justice.
The plaintiff is asking for a declaratory judgment to settle a jurisdictional dispute between the defendants, Crescent River Port Pilots Association and New Orleans and Baton Rouge Pilots Association.
This dispute arose when the New Orleans and Baton Rouge Pilots Association, hereinafter referred to as the Baton Rouge Pilots, refused to pilot vessels between Southport and Quarantine Anchorage, also known as General Anchorage and Merauxville.
The Baton Rouge Pilots contend that their jurisdiction ends at Southport under the provisions of Act 291 of 1942, LSA-R.S. 34:1043, and…
Also in this document: Dissent.
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Levy v. New Orleans Northeastern R. Co.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1945
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- Collector of Revenue v. Mossler Acceptance Co.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1962
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