Powell v. State Board of Pilot Commissioners

Plaintiff appeals from an adverse declaratory judgment. Plaintiff is a Columbia River pilot. The pilots operate and govern themselves by means of a voluntary association: The Columbia River Pilots Association. Plaintiff is acting for all of the members of that association. The Board of Pilot Commissioners is an administrative agency created by Oregon Laws 1957, ch 448 (codified as ORS ch 776). That statute empowered the board to: “Provide for efficient and competent pilotage service. . .” to “Fix, at reasonable and just rates, pilotage fees. . .” and to “Adopt any rule or regulation or make…