Legal Opinion
Southwest Airlines Company v. Texas International Airlines, Inc. v. Texas Aeronautics Commission, Intervenor-Appellee
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided March 17, 1977No. 75-2539PublishedCited by 285 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WISDOM, Circuit Judge:
Southwest Airlines Co. has returned to the federal courts for the second time in two years to preserve a 1973 judgment in a federal district court. The recurring litigation concerns Southwest’s right to continue its air passenger services at Love Field in Dallas, Texas, and to avoid a forced move to the new Dallas-Fort Worth Regional Airport. The district court granted Southwest a preliminary injunction against relitigation in state court of the issues decided in 1973. We affirm.
I. FACTS
The complicated procedural history, recounted in three previous opinions, 1 deserves…
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