tonnage-clause
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| Case | Title | Lower Court | Docketed | Status | Flags | Tags | Question Presented |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22-805 | BG Gulf Coast LNG, L.L.C., et al. v. Sabine-Neches Navigation District of Jefferson County, Texas | Fifth Circuit | 2023-02-24 | Denied | Amici (1) | commerce-clause congressional-consent constitutional-interpretation harbor-navigation maritime-law port-fees takings tonnage-clause user-fees | The question presented is whether the Act permits localities to charge fees for incomplete and unusable increments of a harbor navigation project. |
| 21-768 | Lil’ Man in the Boat, Inc. v. City and County of San Francisco, California, et al. | Ninth Circuit | 2021-11-23 | Denied | 42-usc-1983 commerce-clause fees-and-obligations navigable-waters rivers-and-harbors-act statutory-interpretation tonnage-clause | Pursuant to the Rivers and Harbors Act, Congress provided that "No taxes, tolls, operating charges, fees, or any other impositions whatever shall be l… |