Cape News
Suit challenging new charter boat rules OK'd as class action
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Six captains and five companies from Florida and Louisiana can represent others in a lawsuit challenging new federal regulations for nearly 1,300 charter boats across the Gulf of Mexico, a federal judge has ruled. U.S. District Judge Susie Morgan certified the suit early this month as a class action for the people who take small groups of anglers into the Gulf. She rejected an argument that some charter captains support the regulations. "The claims and defenses of class representatives are typical of the claims of the class as a whole," she wrote on June 2. The ...
