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KOTCH v. PILOT COMM'RS.

No. 291.

330 U.S. 552 (1947)

KOTCH ET AL. v. BOARD OF RIVER PORT PILOT COMMISSIONERS FOR THE PORT OF NEW ORLEANS ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 31, 1947.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

M.A. Grace and Charles A. O'Niell, Jr. argued the cause and filed a brief for appellants.

Arthur A. Moreno argued the cause for appellees. With him on the brief was Selim B. Lemle.

MR. JUSTICE BLACK delivered the opinion of the Court.

Louisiana statutes provide in general that all seagoing vessels moving between New Orleans and foreign ports must be navigated through the Mississippi River approaches to the port of New Orleans and within it exclusively by pilots who are State officers.1 New State pilots are appointed by the governor only upon certification of a State Board...

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