"In the Strategic Logistics Unified Management Bill, we defined the Inland Port as a 'special public utility,' thereby granting Morganfield a fifty-year exclusive operating right."
"But the plaintiff points out that a port isn't like a water main network or a power grid; it doesn't have the physical properties of a natural monopoly. In theory, countless docks could be built on the Allegheny and Ohio Rivers, allowing multiple companies to compete."
"By using an executive order to grant one company a monopoly, the Pittsburgh City Government is artificially eliminating competition, a direct violation of the Sherman Antitrust Act's prohibition on the restraint of trade."
Ethan turned a page.
"Count Two: Unconstitutionality."
"They're citing the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution."
"The complaint alleges that the bidding threshold of 'must possess 500 acres of existing railway land' is a tailor-made exclusionary clause."
