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Article: Evicted Cargo Firm Sues South Carolina Ports Authority.
- Article from:
- The Post and Courier (Charleston, SC)
- Article date:
- October 4, 2003
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Byline: Brian Hicks
Oct. 4--Charleston International Ports sued the State Ports Authority on Friday to try to regain control of property the state agency seized from it in April.
Armed with a S.C. Attorney General's opinion that the Ports Authority illegally evicted CIP from its leased facility, spokesmen for the company say they want a state court to give them back their business until the two sides can mediate an end to this contentious business relationship.
Basically, CIP officials said, they're tired of being pushed around.
"First they tried to steal the terminal by falsely accusing CIP of default; then they tried to bully and ...