United States Fifth Circuit

The State of Louisiana may regulate pilotage on that portion of the Calcasieu Ship Channel that lies more than three miles seaward of the state's coastline, and Congress has not preempted that authority through enactment of the Submerged Lands Act.

Appellate Information

• Decided 07/02/2002
• Published 07/02/2002

Judges

• EMILIO M. GARZA, Circuit Judge:, Before DAVIS, EMILIO M. GARZA and STEWART, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Fifth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Kenneth Michael Wright (argued), Richard Dale Moreno, Wright, Everett & Moreno, Lake Charles LA, for Plaintiffs-Appellants., Burton Paul Guidry (argued), Litigation Div., Gary L. Keyser, Asst. Atty. Gen., Baton Rouge, LA, for Louisiana., Michael K. Dees (argued), Lake Charles Harbor & Terminal Dist., Port of Lake Charles, Lake Charles, LA, for Board of River Port Pilot Com'rs & Examiners and Lake Charles Harbor & Terminal Dist., Henry DuPontHeck Olinde, Jr. (argued), Frank Paul Simoneaux (argued), Simoneaux, Carleton, Dunlap & Olinde, Baton Rouge, LA, William B. Swift, Swift, Spears & Harper, Lake Charles, LA, for CITGO Petroleum Corp., Thomas Hebert Huval (argued), Jeansonne & Remondet, New Orleans, LA, for Conoco Inc.