Waterfront Commission of New York Harbor, on Behalf of Itself and of the State of New Jersey v. Elizabeth-Newark Shipping, Inc.

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• holding that ejusdem generis “should not be employed when the intention of the legislature is otherwise evident” (citation omitted)
• observing that Congressional consent enshrined the Compact in federal law
• “The primary purpose of the Shipping with respect to the carriage of those commodities. Id. 17 Act . . . is to eliminate discriminatory treatment of shippers and carriers.”
• “The Compact was enacted to eliminate corrupt hiring practices on the ... waterfront.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).