Legal Opinion
Portland Pipe Line Corp. v. City of S. Portland
District Court, D. Maine
Decided August 24, 2018No. 2:15-cv-00054-JAWPublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
JOHN A. WOODCOCK, JR., UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
A pipeline operator challenges a local ordinance prohibiting loading crude oil onto tankers and the construction of new structures for that purpose on the grounds that it violates the dormant Commerce Clause and Foreign Commerce Clause of the United States Constitution. A state or local statute can violate the dormant Commerce Clause if it (1) has an impermissible extraterritorial reach, (2) discriminates against interstate or foreign commerce, (3) excessively burdens interstate or foreign commerce, or (4) interferes with the federal…
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