California Court of Appeal June 3, 1992, A052103 (Hochstetler v. Board of Pilot Commissioners)

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Opinion

PETERSON, J.

In this case of apparent first impression, we hold that state authorities can suspend the state pilot license of a ship’s pilot, even though the grounds for his suspension occurred when he was acting under the authority of his federal pilot license—at the time he crashed a loaded oil tanker into a terminal.