Case Name: Roy P. WOOD, Jr., et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. AMERADA HESS CORPORATION, et al., Defendants-Appellees, and Interport Pilots Agency, Inc., Defendant-Intervenor-Appellee
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1994-10-12
Citations: 37 F.3d 87
Docket Number: No. 223, Docket 94-7255
Parties: Roy P. WOOD, Jr., et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. AMERADA HESS CORPORATION, et al., Defendants-Appellees, and Interport Pilots Agency, Inc., Defendant-Intervenor-Appellee.
Judges: Before: NEWMAN, Chief Judge, KEARSE and CARDAMONE, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: Federal Reporter 3d Series
Volume: 37
Pages: 87–87

Head Matter:
Roy P. WOOD, Jr., et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. AMERADA HESS CORPORATION, et al., Defendants-Appellees, and Interport Pilots Agency, Inc., Defendant-Intervenor-Appellee.
No. 223, Docket 94-7255.
United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.
Argued Sept. 1, 1994.
Decided Oct. 12, 1994.
Herbert B. Halberg, New York City (Cel-estino Tesonero, Beck & Halberg, on the brief), for plaintiffs-appellants.
John F. Keating, New York City (Eli Ellis, Hill, Betts & Nash, on the brief), for defendant-appellee Amerada Hess Corp.
" Joel N. Kreizman, Little Silver, NJ (Evans, Osborne, Kreizman and Bonney, on the brief), for defendant-intervenor-appellee In-terport Pilots Agency, Inc.
Before: NEWMAN, Chief Judge, KEARSE and CARDAMONE, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
This appeal presents the issue of whether state pilots were entitled to collect pilotage fees pursuant to New York and New Jersey pilotage statutes, N.Y.Nav.Law § 88(1) (McKinney 1989) and N.J.Stat.Ann. § 12:8-35 (West Supp.1994), for certain voyages of United States commercial vessels traveling between New York and the United States Virgin Islands. The District Court for the Southern District of New York (Leonard B. Sand, Judge) ruled on cross-motions for summary judgment that, under the circumstances presented, state pilotage fees could not be collected. Wood v. Amerada Hess Corp., 845 F.Supp. 130 (S.D.N.Y.1994). We affirm on the comprehensive opinion of Judge Sand.