Case Updates
Maine Supreme Judicial Court holds that local ordinance that prohibited bulk loading of crude oil onto marine vessels was not preempted by Maine’s comprehensive Coastal Conveyance Act
October 29, 2020
Click here to view the opinion.
U.S. Chamber files amicus brief urging Maine Supreme Judicial Court to recognize Coastal Conveyance Act preempts local ordinances that conflict with its state-wide regulation of safe loading and unloading of oil on Maine’s shores
June 12, 2020
Click here to view the amicus brief filed jointly by the U.S. Chamber, Portland Pilots, Inc., Maine Enery Marketers Association, Assoicated General Contractors of Maine, and Association of Oil Pipe Lines. Patrick Strawbridge of Consovoy McCarthy PLLC served as co-counsel for the coalition.
Previously, the Chamber filed amicus briefs when this case was before the First Circuit and the District Court.