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JACKSON v. MARINE EXPLORATION CO., INC.

No. 76-2876.

583 F.2d 1336 (1978)

W. E. JACKSON et al., d/b/a Port Everglades Pilots Association, Plaintiffs-Appellees, Robert L. Shevin, as Attorney General of the State of Florida, and Florida State Pilots Assoc., Inc., Intervenors-Appellees, v. MARINE EXPLORATION COMPANY, INCORPORATED and Greyhound Leasing & Financial Corporation, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

November 16, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Reginald M. Hayden, Jr., Miami, Fla., for defendants-appellants.

Louis de la Parte, Tampa, Fla., Underwood, Gillis, Karcher, Reinert & Gordon, David P. Karcher, Miami, Fla., for plaintiffs-appellees.

Before BROWN, Chief Judge, THORNBERRY and CLARK, Circuit Judges.

JOHN R. BROWN, Chief Judge:

This case involves a challenge to the Florida version of one of the country's oldest monopolistic regulatory systems — the institution of state compulsory pilotage. For years, Marine Exploration Company, Inc. (MECI) has operated tugs and barges under registry in and out of Port Laudania, Florida, without using or paying for the services tendered by the state-licensed local pilots as required by Florida law. The various local pilots...

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