Legal Opinion
City of Los Angeles, a Municipal Corporation v. Brock Adams, as Secretary of Transportation of the United States
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided March 30, 1977No. 75-1965PublishedCited by 50 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LEVENTHAL, Circuit Judge:
This case arises from tension between substantive legislation and the corresponding appropriations. The district court granted relief to the City of Los Angeles based on its conclusion that the city had a vested right to funds for the development of its airport, as allocated to it by the Airport and Airway Development Act of 1970, 49 U.S.C. §§ 1701 et seq. (the “Act”). This right was held to be firm in amount despite the fact that subsequent appropriations limited expenditures to less than that provided by the Act.
We have attentively examined the pertinent enactments…
2Cases cited22 opinions
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