Legal Opinion
Great Lakes Airlines, Inc. v. Civil Aeronautics Board
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided June 8, 1961No. 16165_1Published
1Opinion of the Court
BASTIAN, Circuit Judge.
Petitioners belong to the class of “large irregular” or “supplemental” air carriers which have been operating since the nineteen forties under blanket exemption authority. 1 One of the peti tioners has operated since 1946, the others since 1947. In 1955, as a result of the Large Irregular Air Carrier Investigation, Docket 5132, the Civil Aeronautics Board [Board] issued its Order No. E-9744, granting new exemption authority to all irregular air carriers which had previously operated under the blanket exemption. The order was to be effective for a limited time, pending…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- All American Airways, Inc. v. United Air Lines, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1960
- American Airlines, Inc., National Airlines, Inc., Intervenor v. Civil Aeronautics Board, Capitol Airways, Inc., Quaker City Airways, Inc., Aircoach Transport Association, and Independent Military Air Transport Association, Intervenors. Trans World Airlines, Inc. v. Civil Aeronautics Board, Eastern Air Lines, Inc. v. Civil Aeronautics Board, Pan American World Airways, Inc. v. Civil Aeronautics Board, Delta Air Lines, Inc. v. Civil Aeronautics Board, United Air Lines, Inc. v. Civil Aeronautics Board, Continental Air Lines, Inc. v. Civil Aeronautics Board, Northwest Air Lines, Inc. v. Civil Aeronautics Board, Allegheny Airlines, Inc. v. Civil Aeronautics Board, Western Air Lines, Inc. v. Civil Aeronautics Board, Capital Airlines, Inc. v. Civil Aeronautics Board, Braniff Airways, Inc. v. Civil Aeronautics Board, Pacific Northern Airlines, Inc. v. Civil Aeronautics Board, Abilene & Southern Railway Company v. Civil Aeronautics BoardCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1956
- Great Lakes Airlines, Inc. v. Civil Aeronautics Board, Common Carrier Railroads, Intervenor, Trans World Airlines, Inc., Intervenor, United Air Lines, Inc., Intervenor. Central Air Transport, Inc. v. Civil Aeronautics Board, United Air Lines, Inc., Intervenor, Trans World Airlines, Inc., Intervenor, the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company, Common Carrier Railroads, Intervenors. Air Transport Associates, Inc. v. Civil Aeronautics Board, Trans World Airlines, Inc., Intervenor, the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company, Intervenors. Continental Charters, Inc. v. Civil Aeronautics Board, Trans World Airlines, Inc., Intervenor, the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company, Intervenors. Air Cargo Express, Inc., a Corporation v. Civil Aeronautics Board, Trans World Airlines, Inc., Intervenor, the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company, IntervenorsCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1961