ALABAMA STATE DOCKS DEPT. v. BUNGE CORP.

No. 80-7421.

655 F.2d 64 (1981)

ALABAMA STATE DOCKS DEPARTMENT, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. BUNGE CORPORATION, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Unit B

September 4, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hand, Arendall, Bedsole, Greaves, Johnston, William A. Moseley, Alex F. Lankford, III, Mobile, Ala., for defendant-appellant.

G. Sage Lyons, Marion A. Quina, Jr., Mobile, Ala., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before GODBOLD, Chief Judge, FRANK M. JOHNSON, Jr. and ANDERSON, Circuit Judges.


R. LANIER ANDERSON, III, Circuit Judge:

Appellant, the Bunge Corporation ("Bunge"), appeals from the judgment in favor of the Alabama State Docks Department in the amount of $30,298.16 plus interest. This amount represents the storage fee for Bunge's corn, pursuant to a tariff issued by the Docks Department under the authority of the Shipping Act, 46 U.S.C.A. §§ 801-842 (1975 and Supp. 1981). Bunge protests the amount of the fee on the ground that the rate...

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