Legal Opinion
Matson Navigation Co. v. United States
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided August 7, 1987No. Nos. 85-5927, 85-6004PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
2Per curiam
The substance of the controversy in these appeals is the grant of permission by the Secretary of Transportation to Aeron Marine Shipping Co. (Aeron) to be affiliated with Acadian Marine Company (Acadian) which was to own and operate the vessel ATLANTIC SPIRIT in the domestic trade. Permission was necessary because Aeron, during the relevant period of time, was a subsidized operator of merchant marine vessels in the foreign trade. Section 805(a) of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, as amended, required Aeron to obtain permission before it could continue to receive operating subsidies and…
3Cases cited6 opinions
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