Judge dismisses shippers’ suit against Michigan ballast law
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By JOHN FLESHER | Source: The Southern Illinoisan
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. - A federal judge has upheld a Michigan law designed to prevent oceangoing ships from dumping exotic species into the Great Lakes.
U.S. Judge John Feikens rejected a shipping industry suit claiming the law, which took effect this year, is unworkable and unconstitutional.
….In his 32-page opinion, Feikens rejected the industry’s due-process claim, describing the law as “clearly rational.”
