Legal Opinion
Brady v. State Pilotage Commission
Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama
Decided November 13, 2015No. 2140781PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
THOMPSON, Presiding Judge.
Phillip Brady III appeals from the judgment of the Mobile Circuit Court purporting to dismiss his civil action on the ground that the circuit court lacked subject-matter jurisdiction to consider the decision of the State Pilotage Commission (“the commission”) to discharge Brady as an apprentice bar pilot.
A “bar pilot” is a locally based ship’s captain who, in Alabama, guides ships between the “bar” at the mouth of Mobile Bay and the Port of Mobile and pilots ships up and down the shipping channel. Rule 710-X-1-.01(1), Ala. Admin. Code (State Pilotage Comm’n). The…
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