ELR Citation: ELR 20072
No(s). 71-156-Civ-J (M.D. Fla. Dec 10, 1971)

A state statute that attempts to prevent the pollution of the state's territorial waters by the shipping industry violates Article III, Section 2 of the United States Constitution because that statute would change substantive maritime law. Both state statute and the federal Water Pollution Control A...