BLOOMFIELD STEAMSHIP CO. v. SABINE PILOTS ASS'N

No. 17210.

262 F.2d 345 (1959)

BLOOMFIELD STEAMSHIP COMPANY et al., Appellants, v. SABINE PILOTS ASSOCIATION et al., Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied February 14, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Eikel, M. L. Cook, Houston, Tex., John G. Tucker, Orgain, Bell & Tucker, Beaumont, Tex., Royston, Rayzor & Cook, Houston, Tex., for appellants.

Clarence S. Eastham, Houston, Tex., Jep S. Fuller, Port Arthur, Tex., J. P. Forney, Jr., Houston, Tex., Fuller & Fuller, Port Arthur, Tex., Eastham, Dale & Forney, Houston, Tex., for appellees.

Before RIVES and TUTTLE, Circuit Judges, and WRIGHT, District Judge.


J. SKELLY WRIGHT, District Judge.

Appellants are owners and operators of ocean-going steamships engaged in commerce between foreign ports and the port of Beaumont, Texas. In their libel against the Sabine Pilots Association, and the individual members thereof, they seek to recover the difference in pilotage fees actually charged for piloting services to their vessels entering the port of Beaumont and what they say is the maximum charge allowed by statute.

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