Legal Opinion

American Airlines, Inc. v. Civil Aeronautics Board

Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit

Decided March 2, 1966No. Nos. 18833, 18834, 18840PublishedCited by 149 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

LEVENTHAL, Circuit Judge:

On August 7, 1964, the Civil Aeronautics Board,1 two members dissenting, issued a “policy statement” regulation (PS-24), providing that only all-cargo carriers may provide “blocked space service” — essentially the sale of space on flights at wholesale rates, when “blocked” or reserved by the user on an agreement to use a specified amount of space.2 Concomitantly, the Board vacat*626ed its suspension of a tariff proposing such blocked space service filed by Slick Airways, one of the all-cargo carriers.3 Defensive tariffs, similar to but not identical with Slick’s were…

2Cases cited16 opinions

  1. Securities & Exchange Commission v. Chenery Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1947
  2. National Broadcasting Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
  3. United States v. Storer Broadcasting Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1956
  4. Ashbacker Radio Corp. v. Federal Communications CommissionSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
  5. Federal Communications Commission v. WJR, Goodwill Station, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1949

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3Cited by149 opinions

  1. Portland Cement Association v. RuckelshausCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1973
  2. Association of National Advertisers, Inc. v. Federal Trade CommissionCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1980
  3. City of Chicago, Illinois v. Federal Power Commission, Pipeline Production Group, IntervenorsCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1972
  4. The Second National Natural Gas Rate Cases American Public Gas Association v. Federal Power CommissionCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1977
  5. National Petroleum Refiners Ass'n v. Federal Trade CommissionCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1973

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