McKowen v. Crochet Construction Co.

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• foreign-flag vessels not barred by Jones Act from carrying Alaskan oil to Virgin Islands and then carrying products refined from that oil to mainland from Virgin Islands
• foreign-flag vessels not barred by Jones Act from carrying Alaskan oil to Virgin Islands and then carrying products refined from that oil to mainland from Virgin Islands
• “A coastwise transportation of merchandise takes place * * * when merchandise laden at a point embraced within the coastwise laws (‘coastwise point’) is unladen at another coastwise point.” (quoting 42 Fed. Reg. 46068 (1977))
• examining past and present policies behind the Virgin Islands exemption

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