District Court, D. Maine December 29, 2017, 2:15–cv–00054–JAW (Portland Pipe Line Corp. v. City of S. Portland)

JOHN A. WOODCOCK, JR., UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

A pipeline operator challenges a local ordinance prohibiting loading crude oil onto tankers and new structures for that purpose on the grounds that it is preempted under numerous federal and state laws, that it violates the Commerce Clause of the United States Constitution, that it violates the business's civil rights, its due process rights,