Legal Opinion
United States v. Civil Aeronautics Board
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided April 23, 1975No. Nos. 73-2276, 74-1900PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge WILKEY.
WILKEY, Circuit Judge:
We are again faced with a challenge to the regulatory response of an administrative agency to the fuel crisis of late 1973. In this case the petitioner is the United States, acting through the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice, and the administrative agency under review is the Civil Aeronautics Board.
The United States argues that the Board, faced with a decrease of fuel for commercial aeronautical use, instinctive- ■ ly reacted anticompetitively by permitting three major air carriers to agree among…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Roe v. WadeSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Pan American World Airways, Inc. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Federal Maritime Commission v. Aktiebolaget Svenska Amerika LinienSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Northern Natural Gas Co. v. Federal Power CommissionCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1968
- National Air Carrier Association v. Civil Aeronautics BoardCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1970
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3Cited by4 opinions
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- City of St. Louis v. Department of Transportation, American Airlines, Inc., Intervenor. City of St. Louis Airline Pilots Association, International Independent Federation of Flight Attendants and International Association of MacHinists and Aerospace Workers v. Department of Transportation, American Airlines, Inc., Trans World Airlines, Inc., and Usair, Inc., IntervenorsCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1991